HOWEVER, to suggest that retrospectively it would have helped 'save' AF447 is nonsense.
It might have resulted in a fortuitous early positive switch of control to the 'guy' in the left seat since that's where it would have been located.
(@ gums: I'm not talking about canopy coefficient, I'm talking about the effects of those incredibly bright flashing strobes on the ground [particularly at night in moisture]. I believe they lost one at Shaw under these circumstances.)
Right, apologies, and now back to the rigidly enforced and universally accepted guidelines for this discussion...
