This was a very serious incident and is being treated as such. I have always tried to keep an open mind with regards to how experienced flight crews can find themselves in a situation like this, and learn from their mistakes. Some people however tend to believe “that could never happen to me”. That ...

To anyone bad mouthing the FO for failing to upgrade: I bet the farm that you would have struggled mightily to pass in the same circumstances he found himself in, having received grave family news just prior to the start of training. In hindsight he should have removed himself as his head wasn’t in ...