Originally Posted by
derjodel
In isolation, that sounds like a good argument. In context, that this pilot was experiencing something that should not be happening in the first place, quite literary the plane (trying to) kill him by a non-documented system, this sounds like victim blaming to me. The event was not a simple unreliable speed. It was an unreliable speed with repeatable unexplained nose down trims and the Earth approaching you, fast. And ultimately, if a checklist should have been done but wasn't, isn't that on the captain?
On a technical note, would the AP engage under those conditions??
For autopilot engagement the aircraft must be trimmed properly so maybe the autopilot (s) would not be available to the crew.