Originally Posted by
jellycopter
....Crab has experienced the same. Are there any other instructors/examiners out there that have seen this from time to time?
Confusion reigns for many recurrent trainees when diagnosing TR control malfunctions. But for TR drive failure they don't have time to get confused before they need to carry out an immediate action in response to their predicament. What that immediate reaction is can be surprising...I've seen a pilot just take his hands off the controls and leave the outcome of TR drive failure entirely up to the will of Allah. Needless to say it didn't end well.