I concur with the philosophy of giving pilots the option to over ride computers during an emergency. I've just been reading a book about the USA-USSR race to the moon based on the story of Apollo 8. The Soviets were all about control from the ground and considered giving options to their cosmonauts as too dangerous. After one particular tragedy that philosophy prevailed much to the consternation of some cosmonauts who were willing to take the risks necessary to get to the moon. NASA at the time trusted the judgement of the astronauts and those working on the mission. Apollo 8 crew member James Lovell did have to do some course corrections on the way to the moon manually. These manual over ride skills learned on that voyage would be put to good use when he was a crew member on Apollo 13, saving it from disaster.
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I concur with the philosophy of giving pilots the option to over ride computers during an emergency. I've just been reading a book about the USA-USSR race to the moon based on the story of Apollo 8. The Soviets were all about control from the ground and considered giving options to their cosmonauts as too dangerous. After one particular tragedy that philosophy prevailed much to the consternation of some cosmonauts who were willing to take the risks necessary to get to the moon. NASA at the time trusted the judgement of the astronauts and those working on the mission. Apollo 8 crew member James Lovell did have to do some course corrections on the way to the moon manually. These manual over ride skills learned on that voyage would be put to good use when he was a crew member on Apollo 13, saving it from disaster.