Nice hatchet job on the dead pilots by ABC news. Before they jump to conclusions, they should let the investigators conduct their investigation.
Almost all crashes involve some kind of pilot error, but some circumstances are very tough to overcome - even if the pilot is Chuck Yaeger.
I’m curious what Chuck Yaeger is up to these days?
I want his autograph!
Perhaps. And it's likely that even the command pilot would have been unable to save the situation.
But I think there's probably a great deal of truth to the theory that an inexperienced pilot faced with an extreme situation like this one, would be far more likely to make a wrong move that makes the situation worse.
And I have to wonder about the command pilot's decision to leave the cockpit, too. The plane ran into difficulties only minutes after he left; that being the case, one has to think that he missed or ignored indications of rough weather ahead, even though they should have been visible from the cockpit windows.