Originally Posted by
AirRabbit
Of course, my focus has regularly been (and will likely continue to be) the training that crew members receive initially and (hopefully) regularly thereafter.
Please see Page 98.
https://assets.digital.cabinet-offic...990_G-OBME.pdf
"The commander himself might have had a better chance to observe these abnormal indications if he had not disengaged the autopilot..."
Apparently, the single engine training practice in the simulator of flying with the autopilot disengaged (especially on ILS approach) made the Captain instinctively disconnect the autopilot. Manual flying increased his work load considerably and left him with less brain capacity to diagnose his problems properly. The crew never reviewed their initial fault diagnosis.