Pinkman,
in summary:
the handling pilot flew the jet by feel into a dark hole at night with the jet at aroun 10'-20ī for what must have seemed like forever. 10deg pitch its hits the ground, 11.5deg it stalls. thank god he had the talent and experience to operate so far beyond the scope of our scenario driven training.
the skipper faced with no way of knowing what was happening on the wing made 2 decisions which it would appear, in tandem with the outstanding efforts of his co, got everything moving back into the right way.
Im not spock but I think itīs harsh to imply it was illogic thinking that saved the day here. what saved the day was a great deal of talent backed by an ability to make decisions under huge levels of stresss and uncertainty.
Im biased. I know both individuals and will consider it my privilage to buy them both a bottle of whatever they like when next in the bar. they saved a jet full of lives and possibly, but less importantly, my company and therfore my job.
Bravo gentleman.