Sunset,
If you really want to criticize, one can find a thousand excuses to do so.
I am not dissaproving the commanders authority but even he is an human
and could make wrong decisions and thats why we have an extra pair of
eyes sitting in the cockpit to assist the commander in decision making.
At the end of this incident, Everybody walked out safe and the copilot had
intervened and prevented the captain in initializing an GA.
Whether it was the right move to make or not is for AI internal enquiry to
make an decision.
On a personal note:- The guy took over controls and was able to stop the
aircraft within the LDA without any tire bursts or over run. Seems convincing enough to me as the right decision to have been made.
A copilot when he takes over controls from an captain knows he s putting his
career at risk. That guy had the balls to do exactly that.