jayteeto, indeed. In some of his posts,
beardy correctly describes what
should have happened and that recovery could have been effected earlier if the correct procedure had been followed once CM2 was back in his seat.
Which is all fine and dandy - except that, as airlines now recognise, 'startle' means that correct abnormal procedures will not always be followed when something entirely unexpected happens. With a sudden bunt towards the Black Sea, the co-pilot off the flight deck having to pull himself off the ceiling into the seat, a plethora of call-outs and warnings, I would reckon that there was considerable 'startle' on this flight deck.
Andy recognises that he was careless with his camera, but whether the training the crew had received was adequate to recognise and recover from the situation in a textbook manner will doubtless be something being 'reviewed'...and should certainly have a significant bearing on the Courts Martial sentence. But will it....
