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In a modern FLCS equipped aircraft, the pilot only has a suggestion on what the final airframe output(i.e, how the elevons/etc are deflected) would be - however that comes at the cost of the computer limiting the pilot when it thinks that the aircraft is departing the operational envelope aerodynamically. When the pilot overrides this computer, he is still in the aircraft operating limits, but only within some margin.I deleted that before you even sent a reply, because I thought I was being harsh, not because I was wrong or misinformed.
What Machine "can do" can be overridden. I thought you would know that. I've had previously came across articles and interviews stating that Mig21 pilots used to override many limitations put into system/MC. Same was said about mig29.
You can read in below article on DFI.
Flying & Fighting in the MiG-29: Interview with ‘Fulcrum’ pilot Air Marshal Harish
Air Marshal Harish Masand is a decorated veteran of the 1971 war, and a pioneer of the MiG–29 in the Indian Air Force. He is one of, if not the, the most celebrated Fulcrum pilot of the Indian Air Force. His solo MiG–29 displays remain the stuff of IAF legend. We spoke to him about flying the...defenceforumindia.com
And ? Even in real combat chances of head on collision might be very small. I always believe that if their combat involves such tactics that means they are heavily preparing for losing EW battle. Which kind of makes sense looking at the pending procurement offensive and defensive AEWC platforms.
It is necessary to override this limit put by the computer during training, because otherwise when the pilots actually need to use this feature, they will not know how it would respond - so it's inevitable that sometime or the other the override switch would be used.
Regarding the crash - you have to prepare about every possibility in training. That means training for BVR operations, WVR operations, BFM/ACM/any other close range operations, because you never know. Everything is not as binary up in the air where a situation can develop out of nowhere.
A BVR flow could be like this:
What happens after everyone has exhausted their BVRAAMs due to perfect defense by both sides? They will attempt to close in. What then, if the pilots have not studied close range ACM(air combat maneuvering) tactics for tackling 2v2 or 2v4, or 4v4 scenarios?
I am guessing that the crash at TACDE happened something like this:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMAkciwiPL0
In this video, a flight of 2 F-16s is pitted against a flight of 2 F-4s, with a setup that translates the fight from BVR to WVR. You can hear the pilot calling out a Fox2(sidewinder) shot moments before his plane crashes with the F-4. The F-16 pilot was positioning for the initial turn back around after the merge, and the F-4 was likely also following him in the vertical where they both crashed.
PS: We don't know yet what caused the MiG-29UPG crash in Rajasthan. I am guessing it's due to engine issues(flameouts, stalls, ..)
to my fellow computer/electronics guys
. I wish if i was good enough scorer 
to get into such priviledged place.
Why they invested in the 1st place?
