The cockpit crew did not wait for the men to be seated but decided to taxi back to the gate anyway, the officials said.

Even the agency acknowledges that it is arbitrary to set an age limit for cockpit crews.

"The cockpit crew would be pleased if you could tell them where to fly the plane."

Fay said that two members of the cockpit crew had also been named.

Walking all the way upstairs every time the cockpit crew needs a diversion is no fun.

The cockpit crew couldn't possibly have survived, but where was the engineer?

Chemical oxygen generators are not used for the cockpit crew.

"Yes, the last minutes between the cockpit crew" Jack sat down and slowly unfolded the papers.

This reduces the required cockpit crew to two pilots.

The idea is that if the cockpit crew were disabled or dead, they could get instructions from the ground on how to land.