One of the smallest spaces on any aircraft is the one between the pilots ears. We've spent decades reducing the capacity of that space to be the root of disaster, but what we can do little to do is to increase the capacity of that space to respond to chaos.
The one man we would wish we could consult is no longer available to us.
I think we are all glad not to have been where he was.
But I wish I could have observed what he saw, in a sim.