What happened to switching to manual overide and flying the damn...

What happened to switching to manual overide and flying the damn aircraft until the danger is passed.
Not enough airlines train their pilots sufficiently in manual flying anymore and it has shown up on quite a few accidents over the years.

My Qualifications in aviation are:
I have watched almost every episode of "Air Crash Investigation" a great series on the reverse engineering of the wreckage of aircraft to find the reason for the incident.
That is my qauls