Originally Posted by DozyWannabe
Are you saying you *would* try to follow the FD bars in an emergency? I'm pretty sure that's not what they are designed for.
At that point enough of the snag is behind them. The FDs have been red flagged for a while and for a reason (?) but are back steady now. Back to business. Many malfunctions can temporarily inhibit AP FD A/THR but many times, one or all are recovered, to reselect them is the recommended procedure.
If only the PF could have said : "Give me 1000 fpm in descent"
Or the PNF, instead of calling the captain back : "We're high I give you OPEN DES"
I think we are pretty much on target here or we have not been that close before ...