Originally Posted by
Rightseat Ballast
Please correct me if I am wrong, but if you have the parking brake set while waiting out a delay, you can engage in conversation normally...
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True, and they were talking about G-rated subjects...it could have been worse.
But the timeline does not make it clear when they were taxiing and when they weren't...based on the checklists I think they mostly stuck to sterile cockpit.
I was referring to what was said after the plane came to a stop...the CA was pretty much frozen with indecision. The FO kept prompting him to something...
In any situation like that, notify ATC, secure the airplane, and make an evacuation decision. A few choice expletives would be in order, but after that stick to business.