this left engine shut down, this engine still operating as it should, right? yes. what we note is the attitude of the aircraft itself and we re maintaining an altitude set it at 10,000 feet. we re still at 10,000 feet. i m looking at a cruising speed of 285 knots. so the aircraft is stable. the aircraft is not losing altitude. it is flying with just one engine because it s compensated. the thrust asimilar mettymme compensator that s his job. miles you brought this up because we were talk about if the plane was a ghost plane where the pilots were somehow incapacitated and the plane gradually run out of fuel, one engine shut off, you were wondering whether the plane would balance itself out and would continue flying gradually lowering? the question was, did the auto pilot have enough authority, enough strength if you will, to overcome what we call asymmetrical thrust.