Originally Posted by
phylosocopter
as yoko points out you should not hand over control to another pilot if the craft is in an unstable state
neither do you had over to the AP with the craft unstable
where then are the standards set for what aircraft state or failing that ! the DISPLAY state that needs to be set for the AP to hand control back to pilots
how would you feel if your co pilot handed you an upset craft and then started shouting in your ear and thumping the yoke!
This has always been a problem with a lot of autopilots in that if you demand more out of them than they are willing to do then they will dump the whole thing back in the lap of the pilot with there own lights and alarms. Classic case of leaving it in vertical speed climb at high altitude it will try to do it while bleeeding off speed until it can’t and then disconnect. Same would probably happen with engine flameout. Pilots are expected to monitor at all times but sometimes they get distracted or are just staring out the window. Agree with you about stick shaker et al. As a previous poster once mentioned, pilots used to have discretions on pulling circuit breakers to take care of this but not so much anymore. I would do it in a heart beat myself but other pilots may not. Hope there is a reommended change to this coming out of these accidents.