How well would the "auto-pilot in at all times" brigade have coped?
See the example of the BA038... as far as we know, A/P only disconnected by itself when out of operational range. If we remove the fact that the A/C was too close to the ground to allow other options and if it ocurred at 2000ft AGL would hand flying the A/C made any difference to the outcome?
And to the
non-magenta pilots: Would you have felt safer/more confident shutting off all automatics and hand-flown the plane to the ground on a similar situation?
Excellent discussion between all of PPrune's heavy weights BTW.
GD&L
