How could he not just land it when the engine failed? I can see her screwing it into the ground, but what was he thinking?
I've done a lot of advanced type training. When you get more comfortable with you candidate pilot as you progress through training, to the point when you're allowing them more, without paying so much attention. Then one day, they catch you out. They get it wrong, and you aren't paying as close attention, until it's too late. I've had to make a couple of urgent "I've got it"s. So far so good, but I knew I'd left it too late. I can easily see how Ewald got stuck in the same situation. I have recognized a number of times that my candidate and I were in a state of flight where an engine failure
would be an accident - 'cause I could not fix it either. We discussed it as a learning moment.
Yes, I view TCT as still at the "student" to be closely watched skill level - particularly because of
what she has written, and
how she has flown!