> Most planes have a prominent red button you can press to disable the autopilot whenever it misbehaves. Not really, or some pedantry.. the autopilot (headin

> Most planes have a prominent red button you can press to disable the autopilot whenever it misbehaves. Not really, or some pedantry.. the autopilot (heading and altitude) is disabled with a double-click on a small button either the yolk or the side-stick (boeing and airbus). Autothrottle (entirely separate) is disabled with a double-click on a small button on the sides of the throttle levers. There is also a separate mechanism to disable it entirely, but it's usually a small button with an indistinct label (like "A/P" or "A/T") mixed in with a bunch of other buttons on the instrument cluster. Sometimes there is also a slightly larger "AP Disengage" button on some planes. Most pilots I've seen will disable using the first method so they can be immediately "hands-on" when the system relinquishes control.