Before takeoff, the captain (CAM-1) and the first officer (CAM-2) of Air Florida Flight 90 were discussing the power output of the engines. The conversation below took place immediately prior to the aircraft crashing (asamonitor.pub/3i8uKy8):
15:59:51 CAM-1: It's spooled. Real cold, real cold.
15:59:58 CAM-2: God, look at that thing. That don't seem right, does it? Uh, that's not right.
16:00:09 CAM-1: Yes, it is, there's 80.
16:00:10 CAM-2: Naw, I don't think that's right. Ah, maybe it is.
16:00:21 CAM-1: Hundred and twenty.
16:00:23 CAM-2: I don't know.
Even without extensive aviation knowledge, you can see in the transcript above (emphasis added) that the first officer raises concerns several times, but the message wasn't received. The speech that he used was mitigated (Linguistic methodology for the analysis of aviation accidents.1984). Mitigation softens language and, rather than stating something explicitly, often poses...