I am a aeronautical engineering student at Loughborugh University, currently working on a project looking at a system in aircraft whereby once Air Traffic are aware of a hijacking situation, a 'button' can be pressed to automatically land the aircraft at airports preprogrammed into the fmc. The system would have no override option in the cockpit once activated.
I would be most grateful for any thoughts and opinions from pilots as to how they would feel about such a system. Reasons why it would be a good/bad idea, and especially the problems that will be encountered. Thankyou