Indeed. Particularly since there are no FEs any longer, to my knowledge.
Chris
> On 30 Jan 2019, at 17:00, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There was an incident many years ago where an airliner on short approach
> to Tokyo had such an event. The captain had a heart attack and slumped
> forward on the yoke. The flight engineer grabbed him by the neck and pulled
> him back while the copilot pulled back to keep the nose up. Try that in a
> simulator some day.
>
>>
>> The rules come from the CAA: you may not fly as captain in charge of an
>> aircraft with fare-paying passengers once you reach the age of 65
>> because of the increased risk of a cardiac event and the RAF will not
>> work to less stringent regulations.
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