If the Hornet lost both engines the hydraulic boosted flight controls are done working. Therefore there is nothing to do and nothing the pilot could have done. He was out of airspeed, altitude and ideas.
Should he have ridden it in just because in the old days they did, or should he let his self-preservation instinct override the way things were done back in the day?
What an unfortunate accident, and let the investigation board determine cause and fault. As far as I and everyone else knows there was probalby nothing the aviator could have done. Sacrificing himself in the name of tradition just seems silly if there was nothing he could have done.
Maybe. It depends on what he's prepared to live with.
What causes a Hornet to lose BOTH engines? Contaminated fuel?