they were flying for so long in auto pilot that it was time to turn the plane or land the plane they realized that they forgot to land the darn thing.
EH never flew the plane so he does not know how to land so he is going on a circle probably until he figures out how to (it has been 2 years) or until it runs out of gas which could be catastrophic.
Now, I will not say that this is unique to Nike because it happens all the time but Nike was throne for so long that he does not put up a fight to reverse the tide.