Originally Posted by
M.Mouse
Interesting article. I think the use of the word panicking was perhaps a little exaggeration, perhaps stressed may have been more accurate.
What came over was that Gongol's experience and background made him decide to act as support (rather than attempt to exert any sort of control over the situation) and thereby gave the co-pilot an immense pyschological boost. ....
I would absolutely expect that his only thought was to act as a support. He has a fully type-rated pilot (albeit a FO) already flying the plane (and in the captains' incapacity, in charge of the aircraft). What right would anyone have to even contemplate that he might "...attempt to exert any sort of control..."
