I have watched this video a dozen times. All of the media and people who comment say it was a pilot at the controls. It is possible I guess but as most pointed out it seems like the situation should not have ended this way. I noticed the upper cowlings were removed, meaning to me, That possible it was doing a maintenance run. If so is it possible the operator could have been a mechanic? The other reason I ask is because the person who ran out the door was trying to give instructions with hand signals. If it were a pilot then I can imagine the person would not have felt the need to give hand signals... It's just me thinking out lod and getting some opinions. I showed this video to our mechanic as a reminder of how quickly things can go wonky....
Thoughts?