If you are piloting an airliner that has lost all control authority except for engine throttle, what you need is a theory that predicts how sequences of throttle positions will map to aircraft trajectories. If your understanding of throttle-guided-flight is preparadigmatic, then you won’t be able to predict with any confidence how long your flight will last, or where it will end up. However, you can predict from first principles that it will eventually come to a stop, and notice that only a small fraction of possible stopping scenarios are favorable.
If you are piloting an airliner that has lost all control authority except for engine throttle, what you need is a theory that predicts how sequences of throttle positions will map to aircraft trajectories. If your understanding of throttle-guided-flight is preparadigmatic, then you won’t be able to predict with any confidence how long your flight will last, or where it will end up. However, you can predict from first principles that it will eventually come to a stop, and notice that only a small fraction of possible stopping scenarios are favorable.
But how did you determine you were probably “piloting an airliner that has lost all control”?
Whereas , if you can’t steer a ship, you end up bobbing harmlessly.