Originally Posted by
lowlevelflier
Not talking about Autoland
The SPZ7600 has a G/A feature that levels the wings, initiates a 700fpm climb at Vbroc
It requires knowing you're in deep !!!! ... but had he engaged it,, he'd have popped out into gin clear skies in less than 30 sec
To be pedantic, this aircraft had the SPZ-7000, but the point is valid. However, I'd put money on it was being flown in SAS mode with the trim off, so G/A wouldn't have helped. Just relooked at the NTSB report and I'm surprised there is not more mention of what state the AFCS selector panel was in - should have been possible from bulb filament analysis.