this is a simulator, we don t allow that to happen. richard, you and i were watching that. you had the same situation in simulators. the instructor will not even countenance the idea. they don t even want to think about it. don t want to try it. not only that, there have been times in the simulator i got into trouble and the instructor won t just switch it back. he ll take the controls, and they ll fly it out. it s a mental blockage. they dare not go to the idea that this isn t real. ron, it s interesting. is it possible once the flight data recorder is found, i mean, if this co-pilot in the last seconds attempted to pull the plane back, to pull the plane up, would that record in the flight data recorder?
it s a mental blockage. they dare not go to the idea that this isn t real. ron, it s interesting. is it possible once the flight data recorder is found, i mean if this co-pilot in the last seconds attempted to pull the plane back to pull the plane up would that record in the flight data recorder? absolutely. that should record control surface, control input. control surface movement. numerous parameters. yes, i would say that that would be, that data would be there. and, you know, again, there s a lot we don t know about this co-pilot exactly what the illness he was facing is that he was trying to hide. if a pilot is intent on hiding something, on hiding thoughts they re having or hiding an illness, if they don t self-disclose, if they re not getting treatment, if they don t