I wonder in reality how many of us would have safely flown the aircraft out of danger, given the exact same circumstances, hot shot manual pilot or not. I dread to think.
lowlevelpilot, I think that's what the debate is about - how can we equip and train
all pilots to recover a situation like AF447?
This is worth a watch - Rory Kay from ALPA contrasts some incidents and accidents where aircraft have and have not been recovered successfully from similar situations and why this was so
Airline Safety