As non-flying pilots, their duty is to notice attitude, not the controls that produced it. "Yoke,Yoke"....... That makes them an instructor, and is not in the quiver of a highly charged cockpit. Even in emergency, habit and tradition.
"not acting" and "acting" are on two sides of a VERY thick coin.
Case in point: 447 PNF, apparently aware, and 'irritated' does not say, "Use your Stick, Push Nose down." He points to VS, and, due protocol, waits for the correction. None is forthcoming, yet he persists, unto STALL, apparently. That part of Training may need a looksee.
Last edited by Lyman; 11th May 2012 at 15:39.