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Since I started to study airline accidents, so far this one of the most fascinating in terms of human aspects and Crew Resource Management.

The fact that the whole situation deteriorated less than 10 minutes after the Captain went to rest, it’s one of the biggest contrafactuals about this case.

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As in “if the captain didn’t go to sleep, they’d have been fine”?

Fine it’s a strong word in that context; the likelihood of the Captain and the Flying Pilot 2 make the same inputs as the FP1 it’s way reduced.

The Captain also lost the screen disagreement that happened.

I wasn’t questioning your use of the term. It was my first time encountering it and was just trying to gather the context of your use (and understand a new word). I think the usage there was fine

Not OP, but more specifically, if the most experienced flight officer didn't leave the cockpit just as they were flying into the worst part of a storm and left the matter to the reluctant and nervous junior officers.

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