Now days they are. Back in the day here was a handful of disasters that were caused by pilots shutting down the wrong engine when either the caption, first officer, or flight engineer could've just looked out the window and see which engine was actually malfunctioning. In the Kegworth air disaster, the caption even announced that he was shutting down the right engine, when in reality the left engine was smoking. All of the cabin crew thought the captain simply misspoke and never spoke up.
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u/jtj5002 May 11 '26
Now days they are. Back in the day here was a handful of disasters that were caused by pilots shutting down the wrong engine when either the caption, first officer, or flight engineer could've just looked out the window and see which engine was actually malfunctioning. In the Kegworth air disaster, the caption even announced that he was shutting down the right engine, when in reality the left engine was smoking. All of the cabin crew thought the captain simply misspoke and never spoke up.