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Old 28th Mar 2015, 06:46
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Would it be possible for the other pilot to prevent a crash, keeping in mind that the suicidal pilot will fight the other pilot and try and prevent him from recovering the plane?
In the flight regime you discussed (as well as others) the answer is absolutely no.

Automation which can handle the dynamics of airline flight safer than pilots are a few decades out despite the diatribe sometimes asserted. Right now the automation as a tool to the pilot interface is the best we have and the best we will have for a long time to come. If folks realized the extent and frequency to which automation performs inadequately and has to be switched off, they would change their tune on the subject quickly.
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