OldChina says is right, too clever by half. I remember having to hand fly it 4 hours from mid artlantic because the overhead panel resembled a 12 volt christmas tree operating on 24 volts.At least 3 of the QRH checks said "hand fly and land at nearest suitable". Repeated alt/control/deletes had no effect. Yes the auto pilot/autothrottle had some "novel" features like climbing or descending the aircraft instead of power changes. I wonder how this stacked up when RVSM certification was sought?
The only problem I ever experienced with the DC10 was saying awake in that lovely quiet, comfortable cockpit (once, of course, they had worked out how to keep the doors shut, but don't all great aircraft have minor irritating teething problems?)