Originally Posted by Bubbers44
Don't you think when the FO has lost control of the aircraft you could take over and recover from this stupid mistake of the PF? Why let everybody die because you didn't do anything to help the situation? This is why we can't let inexperienced pilots fly airliners. Sometimes the autopilot fails and you need someone behind the controls that has a clue how to hand fly it. They didn't.
Yep, that is exactly what I would do. Warn the guy twice what he needs to fix, if time permits, then if he can't control it, tell him I have it and what I want him to do.
And if he doesn't keep his paws off of the controls then, its crash axe time.
It is obvious that PNF lost track of the energy picture too and was not confident of his own abilities. A lack of courage it seems.