@olasek
How do you know he considered it normal?
I bet he was fighting for his live because for some reason he ended up in situation were he did not wanted to end-up in.
You must be an ace. Lot of aces end up the same way as this guy did.
You did not answer my question.
Did the system work for him or against him?
My bet is that it distracted him more than it did good.
I would love to hear an opinion on this by some smart NTSB guys. Maybe aviation can learn something from it.