If the solar-angle checker matches where the computer says they are, so that they still seem on course to land safely on the runway along their emergency route, she is not particularly inclined to allow the risk of trying to drill through the cabin ceiling in order to use the external aircraft body as an antenna.  Pilots do not have sufficiently detailed mental models of the aircraft interior design to be sure that this is possible to do in a safe way.

If the solar-angle checker matches where the computer says they are, so that they still seem on course to land safely on the runway along their emergency route, she is not particularly inclined to allow the risk of trying to drill through the cabin ceiling in order to use the external aircraft body as an antenna.  Pilots do not have sufficiently detailed mental models of the aircraft interior design to be sure that this is possible to do in a safe way.

Prediction markets are at 73% on there existing a criminal mastermind.  The information that a criminal mastermind exists, at all, is not very valuable compared to actually getting back in contact with Civilization.