Hi One Outsider,
As a non-professional pilot, and therefore one of the multitude who now out-number you, there is still one burning question in my mind. I'm not being cheeky towards your post, it's just the most recent one I can reply.
Why the zoom?
I have flown before, in fact I trained in the Aussie Air Force. Ultimately I was unsuccessful on that course because I incorrectly applied good 'airmanship' on several occassions. Those fo-pars that ultimately failed my endeavours were far less serious than failing to apply known procedures to a system failure.
I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it, unless there was some monumental failure of things we haven't heard about yet, the pilots appear ill-trained / equipped to deal with what should be a simple emergency.