Originally Posted by
lomapaseo
But the cabin wasn't breached !
Let's deal in facts, because that 's what immediate decisions are based on.
This should not be a paint brush discussion of what the crew did not do, based on our armchair viewing, but why did they act the way they did
Now, remind me, who is using 20/20 hindsight?
The "evacs" are saying it should have been an evac, despite the hindsight that everyone survived.
Whilst you are saying the call was good because they all survived (in hindsight).
And then we have the fence sitters, who refuse to make a decision before they have all the facts. Much like the FC perhaps?Ideal, yes. Real life, no.
The pilots did not have 5 mins to collect facts. They probably had a tail camera view, they had a cabin crew with working eyes. They could see the RFF driving past them and away from them, out of the RHS cockpit window. They could probably sense thd glow from the cockpit at that time in the morning. The RFF had not yet arrived. You don't need fence sitters in that scenario...
If the RFF were in position at wheels stop, then maybe I it is debatable. But they were still a minute plus out. That's a long time when you have a wing fire and you have no idea why or what...