The True
Story of How an Out-of-Control Egotistical Captain Humiliated the First Officer
and Caused an Air Blue Airbus A321 to Crash!
July, 28 2010 near Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, killing all 146
passengers and six crew on board flight 202: After
listening to the cockpit communication, it becomes clear that the Captain
premeditated at some point during his take-off tirade (1 hour long) humiliating
the First Officer (FO) and then purposely ignoring certain headings from ATC.
Inputting computer errors was just another device the Captain used to terrorize
the FO, even more so than his tirade.
The Captain
was consciously hell-bent on exerting egotistical power and control over the
other man in the cockpit, the FO. In the secret recesses of his mind, he
plotted to take the FO for the "ride of his life" over the next 1.5
hours. The Captain, by mixing the computer
controls up a bit with blatant errors, now holds the keys to life and death,
the ultimate power trip.
His
premeditated actions are meant to assume power and instill fear and control
over FO. The Captain then surmised that in the end, he would augment his
domination by being a hero and saving the day with his aircraft (AC) knowledge
and flying prowess. The Captain believed that after this flight, the FO will
know for certain who is "top dog" and "alpha male."
Unfortunately,
the Captain got in too deep with his mind games and could not dig himself out.
As Captain, he believed he had absolute control over the FO and the AC.
Ironically, he falls victim to his own devilish devices. Something greater than
he, i.e. the weather and the automation of the aircraft become the ultimate
power struggle winners in this air crash.
The Captain,
haughty and proud, just seconds from disaster is humbled and then in a flash is
broken and crushed as the AC disintegrates into the side of a mountain, missing
the airport by 4 miles. The First Officer is redeemed in this story by the
ultimate humiliation and destruction of the dominator.
In God's
world, victims are exalted while the haughty and proud are brought low. And so the meaning of Christmas speaks to us
from the rubble Air Blue flight 202:
"Every
valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:" Isaiah 40:4
