Masks create uncertainty, and uncertainty is never part of somebody else's plan - this uncertainty destroys the plan.
This is why in the extended universe Nolan placed another guy with a mask to actually face off against Bane, and then even Bane's Master Plan was done away with - the mask is the critical factor. The Kryptonite to all Plans.
Mine are radical views, but given the evidence I believe that if CIA had been wise enough to wear a mask, it is conceivable that he would have saved his plane. He had the stance, just not the mask.