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Old 4th March 2010, 12:24 PM
Liz E Liz E is offline
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Originally Posted by Peter Agatsiotis View Post
...Tragically, this can be catastrophic; if you recall the Aeroflot A310 that crashed after the Captains' nephews/sons were allowed to 'play' with the controls.
That's rather like comparing apples to oranges. In the case of the Aeroflot A310, the pilot's son had control of the aircraft. The Captain hadn't delegated command to the co-pilot. The boy in this case was merely parroting his father's words and wasn't controlling anything.

Having said that though, it was still wrong to allow the child to relay directions. A strong reprimand would be more appropriate that a sacking.
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