get rid of it and fall back to basic flying.
Agreed. Also pray that your FO is more than a 250 hour lad/lass who is straight out of flying training.
The message that comes out loud and clear from the original post is that some of todays pilots, whilst relying heavily on automation, are not doing enough to fully learn and understand how it does, or doesn't work.
How many times have you been in the SIM and seen someone, when given a simple problem, get themselves into an awful mess through a lack of system knowledge?
Maybe it is not so much an individuals fault but more symptomatic of todays flying training?