Now, this may work as intended, but it may also not. Because unlike manual flight, there can be quite a bit of logic involved in what modes are active and how the airplane is going to behave in reality vs. what's expected. So the sequence of button pushes and knob twists may not work
Well described. Yet another case here: Nice day but head in the cockpit pressing buttons
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...r/ao-2015-018/