taking place in that last three minutes of flight. one thing that stood out is the cap tip was not in the cockpit when this began. does that mean anything? does that mean pilot neglect or par for the course? the pilot on these long flights will be in the cockpit for the takeoff. when they hit altitude, he goes back for a rest to be ready for landing. it s not unusual for the pilot not be in the cockpit. he did come forward, he was summoned forward and did get back into the cockpit. the question is did he get into a seat and take command of the airplane because some of the information suggests that there was a transference of controls from one of the first officers who had been flying to another pilot but the french did not identify who that pilot was. ok, airfrance has now replaced essentially the speed monitors on the similar planes, 330 and the a-340 airbuses.