Airline Puts Pilot in Dangerous Position—and It Results in Disaster

Here's the Deal

You see, when Captain Stanley Key agreed to pilot this direct flight to Brussels, he wasn't introduced to his co-pilot prior. He didn't think that this was a big deal since the vast majority of co-pilots he had worked with through British Airways were extremely well trained. He was in store for quite the surprise...

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