Originally Posted by Pali
Sorry, if I interrupt all the pro's here, but there is one question which I wanted to ask for ages:
When captain entered the flight deck wouldn't be an appropriate action to ask kindly Bonin to leave the seat and take over the controls? Would he save the day?
Assuming that he would take over, I think the answer is yes. The pilot flying apparently didn't relinquish the controls to the PNF, I have to assume that he would have done so had the Captain been in the Captains seat and asserted his control.
I will also assume that the Captain would have reverted to basic instrument flight skills once in his seat. Whether or not he had the altitude required to recover is the subject of extensive discussion on previous strings on this topic.