Therein lies my point 212man - the autopilot modes were designed around what was possible at the time (clearly collective coupling wasn't) but most pilots are taught to fly on a non-autopilot machines.
Is it not therefore surprising that, under pressure, one reverts to what one was first taught (and had beaten into you - attitude= speed and lever = height) not what one has subsequently learned?
Therein lies
my point, it is the ab initio instructing that is at fault!
BTW, hello Sarah!