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Nice scenario ... for Hollywood.
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If you think that's a "Hollywood" scenario, then it tells me you're seriously lacking in knowledge when it comes to high altitude aerodynamics and experience with regards to hand-flying jet aircraft near the upper edge of it's envelope and the danger that lies just outside it, as well as obviously not very familiar with operating in close proximity powerful CBs on a routine basis.
To quote D.P. Davies' book "Handling The Big Jets" Third Edition:
The caption on plate 12, Flight at high altitude, opposite to page 109 describes it very well in a few words . . .
"It is difficult to express in a photograph the almost etheral quality of flight at very high altitudes-( . . . . .). In this picture, however, the photographer has managed to capture something of the atmosphere found at 35,000 feet. On a more practical level one should bear in mind the effect of this rarified atmosphere, which is to reduce aerodynamic damping. Because of this the pilot must be gentle with the aeroplane when manoeuvring."
The image on plate 12 illustrates relatively normal, daytime weather conditions at 35,000 feet, serene circumstances compared to what the AF447 crew may have encountered that night, possibly hand-flying a crippled airplane in rough air at high altitude.
G-d