Broadlands.........
You should google 'the children of magenta' on you tube.
I'm not sure what type you were flying (enlighten us), but I personally agree with the children of magenta, that in emergencies or traffic conflight you should particuarly at low level, switch off the automation and including autothrottles fly everything manually. FLY THE AIRCRAFT.
Look up AF 447 and the Tarom A310 crash at Bucharest.