HE was one of Air France's "company babies"

[Tail Gunner Joe]

'Baby' pilot at controls of doomed Air France Airbus

That is when Bonin - who remained at the controls while Robert shouted with increasing desperation for the captain - did something that aviation experts have described as inexplicable: he pointed the nose of the Airbus upwards, causing it to slow down dramatically.

Shouting for the Captain? ((WTF? Call me a monday morning quarterback, but))

How about lower the nose, level the wings, add power.

 

[densoo]

"They know the cost of everything and the value of nothing" is the adage. They've just discovered the cost of cheap labor.

 

[Flyby1206]

I still think there are missing details to this thing. Night IMC with possible iced over pitot-static tubes. Who knows what his instruments were indicating

 

[SWA/FO]

Stby attitude indicator?

 

[Kharma Police]

Don't Judge, Lest you Be Judged.

 

[FLYLOW22]

He was hired.

He bid for or was assigned A-330 IRO.

He passed the training program.

Viola!!! Here's your pilot.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Gotta love the clowns who throw dead folks into their grave and then kick them on their way down.

Dark cockpit....alarms.....thunderstorms.....turbulence.....flashing displays.....no airspeed indications.....throttles that don't move.....an airplane that flies with a keyboard....over a black ocean.....startle factor.....bad indications.....

Yeah heroes......let's see you pull it off......Jackholes!!!

 

[SMcC]

Gotta love the press too for giving a voice to the ignorant and presenting their opinions as if they were expert.

 

[Wesb737fo]

Gotta love the clowns who throw dead folks into their grave and then kick them on their way down.

Dark cockpit....alarms.....thunderstorms.....turbulence.....flashing displays.....no airspeed indications.....throttles that don't move.....an airplane that flies with a keyboard....over a black ocean.....startle factor.....bad indications.....

Yeah heroes......let's see you pull it off......Jackholes!!!

Agreed,

come on guys, it looks bad.....really bad at this point, but let's wait to find out all the details, there has to be more...All three guys watching the altimeter unwind ( unless it was gone too) and never lowering the nose. You can pass judgement if you want. I think it's in bad taste but I don't expect anything else from FI.

 

[Motown]

He was hired.

He bid for or was assigned A-330 IRO.

He passed the training program.

Viola!!! Here's your pilot.

http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/press/af447/pilot-training/

AF flight 447

Flight Captain:

• French
• 58 years old
• Joined Air Inter in 1988,
• First Officer until December 1997, then promoted to Flight Captain on medium-haul in June 1998 and then on long-haul in November 2006. <//li><//li>
• Qualified on the Airbus A330 in October 2006 and on A340 in February 2007
• 11,000 flight hours including 1,700 on the Airbus A330/A340

2 First Officers (co-pilots):

• French
• 37 and 32 years old
• Joined Air France in 1999 and 2004
• Qualified on the Airbus A330/A340 in April 2002 and June 2008
• 6,600 and 3,000 flight hours including respectively 2,600 and 800 on the Airbus A330/A340