The system literally took control away from both perfectly healthy pilots and would not return it to them. This was not the technological success some folks are making it out to be. The landing was fine, but for the pilots to not be able to reclaim control of the craft is a fucking atrocity.
pilots had “made the decision to leave the system engaged,” and “automatically engaged exactly as designed when the cabin altitude exceeded the prescribed safe levels.”
The system literally took control away from both perfectly healthy pilots and would not return it to them. This was not the technological success some folks are making it out to be. The landing was fine, but for the pilots to not be able to reclaim control of the craft is a fucking atrocity.