Well, not having a long term consequences will have a lot to do with the Feds having some sympathy with the reasoning - which surely has to be based more on imagery rather than electronics.
Me:
Of course, it may turn out that there was a much greater stream of protests on the flight deck than we know about.
Dave Reid
No it won't, because the only conclusive evidence of that would have been the CVR.
The overall time bracket wasn't very long, so yes, 'stream of protests' was too strong a statement but I suspect there may have been a mounting 'realization differential' and doubt both then realised the truth at the same instant.
I for one hope there is an agreed visual trap that will to some degree mitigate this puzzling incident. I re-read the 747 incident and recall how sad I felt at the time for the skipper.