Originally Posted by
Superdad
Intentional disregard for safety does not fall under ASAP. They would have been excluded.
Personally, no matter what they were doing they would have been better off saying they fell asleep. At least that might be understandable. Saying they were completely distracted by their laptops makes them no different then a passenger.
Doesn't matter, the FAA did not wait for the ASAP ERC. They completely disregarded ASAP.
I agree on the second paragraph.