I am going to exit this thread because I am posting to much here.
But I would like to make one more comment and that is I find it very difficult to try and get through to those who are limited by having only been exposed to modern technology and the resulting SOP's in place today that are designed to make flying an exercise that is as safe as SOP's can make flying.
Where it sometimes comes off the rails is when something that is not covered in SOP's happens.
That is where experience comes into play, like in that loss of controls in the Jet in Sioux City Iowa some years ago.
How would the children of the magenta line have fared in that airplane?