Being a former pilot and knowing many pilots, I suspect that they used profanity in abundance, but in a calm, controlled, collected manner. (Seriously)surprise, surprise
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The cockpit voice recorder data on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet which lost a panel mid-flight on Friday was overwritten, U.S. authorities said, renewing attention on an industry call for longer in-flight recordings.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy said on Sunday no data was available on the cockpit voice recorder because it was not retrieved within two hours - when recording restarts, erasing previous data.
That said, if I had an ATP rating and was employed by an airline, at this stage, I would request assignment on any aircraft in the inventory, both Boeing and Air Bus Except the 737 Max.