bear, one way to resolve a pilot who is confused by his displays, in a multi crew aircraft, is to pass the controls to the pilot who isn't. Yes. That is a technique. Would that have helped in this instance? If done early enough, likely so.
Don't know what AF SOP is for such things, nor the corporate culture, nor the norms in its pilot community.
I thus won't comment on what should, or should not have been done, or what is or isn't absurd.
I learned the "helpful copilot" role in CRM and via experience. It sometimes precedes "I have controls" as the order of actions. Depends on the situation.
Last edited by Lonewolf_50; 29th Jul 2011 at 18:12.