[bort]

A reasonable question to ask is whether the guy next to her is even PERMITTED to take over the controls...

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Exactly. Also, was it PRACTICAL for the other pilot to take over the controls? The Canada FAA is obviously trying to sweep this under the rug by suggesting that the pilot was technically in charge of the plane. This is legalistic BS. For example, if one of my employees wrecks a company car, I’m technically responsible as I run the business, but that doesn’t change the fact that employee was negligent and caused the accident.

[BobL]

To further your analogy, it’s more like you were ORDERED to let the marginally-competent employee to take the company car, even though you knew that she was not a good driver in icy conditions.

[T.B. Yoits]

A car is not an airplane and the crew isn't going to fight over the controls unless one of the pilots is suicidal.

A pilot shows up with all the right certifications and endorsements and that's it - there's no second guessing the FAA examiners and your own airline's chief pilot who approved her to pilot one of the company planes.

The older pilot wouldn't step in because this was routine weather for Toronto. Thousands of flights have safely landed there in exactly the same conditions.