Originally Posted by
IFEZ
Sounds like the defence lawyers have consulted CASA and ATSB on best way to tackle this. It's all the pilot's fault..! Pilot Error..! I'm sure more facts will come to light as the case goes on, but why should the pilot have been 'hand flying the aircraft, not leaving it to the autopilot'..? What's the point of having an autopilot if you can't use it (or trust it). Wouldn't be the 1st time an autopilot went 'haywire' or are they suggesting he mishandled the recovery..? Something doesn't add up (yet)...
More appropriate to rephrase your question. What’s the point in having a human pilot if you expect the autopilot to be flawless 100% of the time?
The AP is merely an aid, which is why both of you can’t leave the cockpit to go back and take a pee at the same time.