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Just reply to the question: Why did the pilot take control at any time? Period.

Why was it disconnected in the first place? Why did the pilot take control at any time?

It seems that everyone wants to actually "hands on" fly the airplane. Those days are over. Why use a computer in bad weather and not in good weather? If it works best when the pilot cannot visually see, why isn't that the best way on a clear day? Or am I missing something. In 1955 I worked at...

It is a number, see the box on the left side of the screen rolling from 30 to 29? http://www.meriweather.com/flightdeck/777/fwd/pfd.html The box on the right is altitude My comment: No one needs to know where on a "range" the airspeed is. Only the ACTUAL speed, as a digital number, is...

I looked at the picture. Too much unneeded info. That's where the trouble is. Did you ever sit in a Prius and look at the "speed indicator"? Then tell me what you think!

No box, no tape, only the airspeed NUMBER.

Tough to explain: "On the pilots primary flight display (PFD) along the left side, bottom to top is the speed tape. About midway up is a square that has the airspeed number in it." NO tape! Only a NUMBER. Incredibly hard to explain this to you!