Or cannot react in time. Auto planes are a double edged sword. They may be safer to fly under all conditions, because of a computer programmed to handle all conditions, but there is no constant correcting that seasoned pilots have to do constantly.
Seasoned pilots have to problem solve before anything becomes a problem, so they get to know their planes intimately. With auto planes, it could be weeks or months between correcting problems, so how do become seasoned when you don’t have to do anything for days or weeks?
They should have been able to react.
I myself am in the business of building aircraft instruments, and on other aircraft I’ve been involved with there is an explicit flight test to demonstrate that the human pilot can override an inappropriate full-nose-down command from the autopilot.
Yeah. I've wondered about that, too. Both of these planes crashed just a few minutes after take-off. Was there time to make a judgement and take appropriate action?