I'm honestly impressed that the Register included a prominent blurb explaining to the reader that while this sounds like a catastrophic issue, the most likely outcome if this is experienced in flight is a safe and controlled landing.

> Sidenote > > Pitch and power is a simple concept. If you have the throttles, say, three-quarters open and the nose of the aeroplane is pointing a few degrees above the horizon, chances are you're probably flying straight and level at a safe speed. Training manuals normally contain a number of precise pitch and power settings (they vary between aeroplane types) so if display systems start failing, pilots can fall back to these with confidence.