Originally Posted by
JamesNoBrakes
That's easy to say. What about in a critical situation where your stress level is shooting through the roof, the airplane is 30 degrees AOA, it's moving forward at 90kts groundspeed, there's no visible horizon, the instruments don't seem to make sense, and everything seems wrong? I don't think it's excusable that pilots can't understand basic aerodynamics, but if the system is designed so that it is detrimental to figuring out what is going on, it has flaws. Rickair7777 makes some great points, in fact, I think his summation is the best I've seen.
You look over. It's not really difficult, regardless of the situation. Can you not turn your head while you're adrenaline is spiked? If you can not, you really shouldn't be flying airplanes. There is also a button available to override the other sidestick. The airplane did exactly what the pilot told it to do.