Originally Posted by
Xmit
How would such a system work? If I were taking off from the deck of a small ship at night (or any time actually) I would want to be assured that the AP was fully engaged prior to lifting. A WOW switch would prevent that, unless it had some kind of override - which would compromise any protection. The AW101 does indeed have a WOW override - but as far as I know it's not routinely used.
There's a difference between the SAS and the AP modes.