if it does not and the aircraft is in danger save yourself any way you can you have a big problem sitting next to you.
Which is exactly what the PNF was aware of, and failed to act upon.
He KNEW the instruments were overwhelmingly telling him they were off-course
heKNEWthere was high ground ahead
heKNEW they were in breach of SOP's
he KNEW his own life and the lives of the Pax and crew were at risk
he KNEW the Captain was following a wrongful course of conduct.
Under those circumstances, I would suggest thatself-preservation and duty to obey safety=rules should transcendall deference to another, wilfully violating crewmember.
Take control, mitigate the danger, argue about it on the ground.
Had the results not been so tragic, the Captain would have had to concede he failed to execute his professional duties.
The paying public had a right to expect better than they got.