Captain: okay. according to your watch or according to the clock?
First Officer: ah well it’s the same.
Captain: oh okay.
First Officer: I think I’m showing the same .. yeah.
The time issue suggests that the First officer is somewhat deferentially checking
whether his watch and the airplane clock show the same time.
The first officer keeps asking the captain questions as if the captain is his
teacher: How long does it take to go between different locations, are there jetstream
routes, where they are at the moment, what the control tower said, what approach they
can take to the airport?
First Officer: okay .. what’s the ah see that falling star?
Captain: either that or a falling Cessna.
The first officer’s questions keep coming. He fails to make standard call-outs for
lowered altitudes, and , according to the NTSB, fails to call out the need to execute a
missed approach. The captain did not fly the approach according to the stated plan, but
remains at a high altitude too long, suggesting that the landing is going to be very steep.
The first officer makes one attempt to challenge it:
First Officer: just .. you just gonna stay up here as long as you can?
Captain: yes. guard the hor- I mean an speeds one hundred.
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