For the record: I would rather be sitting with my family behind PM in the cockpit than some numpty who was 'only following orders' and as somebody so elloquently put it - steered the aircraft towards a theoretical cliff face.
Hmmm... Which SOP says to steer an aircraft to a theoretical cliff face? Being only a SLF I am not aware of any, but please enlighten me.
Furthermore remember that a civil aircraft does not have a navigator and any ejection system!