Originally Posted by WhyIsThereAir
I have to wonder: Weren't there two people, both capable of flying the plane, sitting at the controls? Didn't they both have a yoke in front of them? If you are sitting there as PNF and watch the PF doing something absolutely boneheaded that you KNOW is going to kill you, is it your DUTY to remain silent and ignore it? Wouldn't it make more sense to swear and jam the stick forward? What the heck was the PNF thinking? Was he in the bathroom?
She was in the right seat where she was meant to be. She was also raising the flaps and making a bad situation worse. Yes there should have been two people, both capable of flying the plane, sitting at the controls, however
at the time there was no one capable of flying the plane sitting at the controls. Neither of them were up to the task at the time it occurred, they may have been fine at other times, but in that situation, on that day, neither of them came up with the goods.