Originally Posted by
yellowcontrails
local Captain will be hailed a hero in due course.
Aussie FO will be hung.
EK SOP
Originally Posted by
ManaAdaSystem
It will be intersting to see what Emitrates will do with the pilots.
The Aussie first officer is lucky to have a local captain in this accident. Difficult to fire just one of them.
Unless this accident was due to the captains/crews actions.
Originally Posted by
PoppaJo
No doubt they will both be ordered to resign.
No different to the Melbourne incident. Crew flown back to Emirates HQ following day....Handed pre prepared 'resignation letters'.....Goodnight Irene.
They don't muck about.
Were the crew in the EK Melbourne accident both expats?
Didn't they take some procedural shortcut in entering weight and balance data and not do the required crosscheck?
U.S. airlines often fire pilots after an accident if they find out they weren't doing their jobs, e.g. checklists and procedures. But, the union sometimes quietly gets their jobs back as with (I think) at least one of the pilots from the Southwest Burbank crash years ago.
I realize the EK pilots don't pay union dues.