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Perhaps the physical effort of struggling against his co-pilot would have made him realize he was doing something wrong. It's too easy to pull back full on a fu
by afterburner 3y ago
Perhaps the physical effort of struggling against his co-pilot would have made him realize he was doing something wrong. It's too easy to pull back full on a fully non-mechanical control, and just lock up there.
- mrguyorama 3y agoNo, this situation is the same as when lifeguards are warned about saving panicking and drowning people, in that if you don't handle them in specific ways they will happily drown you in their panic. You cannot rely on "shaking someone out of it" in these circumstances because there is no reliable way to force the brain to reject it's panic instincts and return to rational thought. The only solution would have been physical restraint. Bonin was an active threat
- afterburner 3y agoLocking him out of the controls would have been enough (if the technology allowed it). Even just relieving him of his duty would have been enough. If Captain Dubois had been there early enough and decided to relieve him, Bonin would have almost certainly obeyed. If he doesn't, then I guess then you can resort to force.