@Above the Clouds #284
the airline owner/pilot/captain at the controls. Possibly he was flying that day because of the media attention, you get the picture.
We are not talking about an ordinary passenger flight. From a footballing culture point of view it transcends ordinary media attention. This team was and could have been writing football history. Wanting to deliver a 'perfect' flight without any additional transfers or delays would have been a verrry strong driver. A driver you imagine far stronger than ordinary commercial considerations. If the human factors discussion will be as in depth as one would expect, then the "football factor" will be discussed.
If so, then it would not be the first time that it was a factor. Earlier other cases mentioned pilots listening to football matches on their radio (Brazil) and traffic controllers watching matches on tv while behind their screen (Tenerife and others). This might be the first time though that this factor would be discussed in depth.