PTH / Iceman
I fly the BAe RJ 100. Its a 112 seat British, 4 jet marvel.
The reason for the failure was that Nice were using their ILS on 04L(normally they use their elegant 'Riviera' proc, but thats another story).
The GS failed. So the AP and FD went off. (the G/S at NCE does this a lot and they went to VOR/DME apps after us).
As we were humming along in full auto mode, on our last vector to intercept the ILS, and as it happened at that critical moment, one had to grab the plane, pick a heading etc etc.
It just reminded me of how my skills have been wasted by years of FD and A/P flight.
And I'M one of guys who hand flys a lot.
What are the others like?
