Jack Roush Crashes Plane in WI

[Don]

Not a pilot, if there had been a certified co-pilot and with Jack at the controls for the landing etc, would it have made any difference ? A co-pilot just doesn't take over the controls if it is deemed the pilot is does not have full control of the aircraft ?

For the Hudson River landing, believe Sully, as the Captain, used the words " my aircraft " as he took control.

[Tommy]

You're right in thinking that there is only one pilot-in-command and he decides who is flying the airplane. But a good co-pilot can and should call out problems like low airspeed and insufficient traffic spacing. I'll add that if I were a co-pilot, I would physically intervene if it appeared the PIC's actions were about to kill me. After all, I'd rather be a live co-pilot without a job than a dead man.