Originally Posted by
rattle
Question from a PPL(H). Would autopilot ever be engaged on this sort of departure? At the top of the reverse climb? If there's a malfunction, does the computer compensate? How quickly can you disengage? Would it be used to allow the night blindness to settle having climbed out of a bowl lit for TV cameras into a night sky? It doesn't look sadly as there was ANY time to do anything but still interested to know the procedure for such eventualities.
About your question regarding blindness (and/or disorientation ?)
As crab said, the pilot manages manually in attitude mode the Cat A take-off till the limits (height and IAS) to engage the modes are reached.
Anyway if you find yourself very early in deep disorientation troubles, WLVL is an attitude function that will level your wings and bring your pitch 6 degrees up.