▁the ▁crash . ▁ ▁Fl ight ▁crew ▁ ▁The ▁captain ▁was ▁ 3 8 - year - old ▁Arist os ▁S okrat ous , ▁from ▁Cy pr us . ▁He ▁had ▁over ▁ 6 , 0 0 0 ▁hours ▁of ▁total ▁flying ▁time , ▁including ▁ 4 , 9 0 5 ▁hours ▁on ▁the ▁Bo eing ▁ 7 3 7 . ▁S okrat ous ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁captain ▁a ▁year ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁before ▁the ▁crash . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁crash , ▁he ▁had ▁intended ▁to ▁quit ▁the ▁air line ▁after ▁accepting ▁a ▁job ▁from ▁Ryan air , ▁which ▁would ▁allow ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁with ▁his ▁family ▁in ▁Cy pr us . ▁His ▁wife ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁give ▁birth ▁to ▁their ▁first ▁child ▁a ▁few ▁weeks ▁after ▁the ▁crash . ▁According ▁to ▁several ▁Fly d ub ai ▁staff ▁members , ▁S okrat ous ▁decided ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁air line ▁mainly ▁because ▁of ▁fat igue ▁and ▁l ifest yle ▁issues . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁officer , ▁ 3 7 - year - old ▁Ale j andro ▁Cruz ▁Á lava , ▁was ▁ ▁from ▁Spain . ▁He ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 , 7 0 0 ▁hours ▁of ▁flying ▁time , ▁including ▁ 1 , 1 0 0 ▁hours ▁on ▁the ▁Bo eing ▁ 7 3 7 . ▁He ▁started ▁flying ▁with ▁Fly d ub ai ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁two ▁years ▁before ▁the ▁crash , ▁and ▁had ▁previously ▁flow n ▁two ▁regional ▁air lines ▁in ▁the ▁Spanish ▁Can