A flight control system computer (FCC) for a rotorcraft , comprising: a processor; a computer readable memory; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for providing a vertical speed hold, the instructions for providing the vertical speed hold including instructions for: saving a target vertical speed in the computer readable memory of the FCC in response to a vertical speed selection indication; loading the target vertical speed for the rotorcraft from the computer readable memory of the FCC in response to a pilot control of the rotorcraft being in an in-detent state, wherein the in-detent state indicates that a pilot has released manual control of the pilot control , and wherein an out-of-detent state indicates that the pilot is manually controlling the pilot control ; controlling positioning of the pilot control according to the target vertical speed and controlling one or more flight control devices of the rotorcraft automatically by the FCC according to the target vertical speed when the pilot control is in the in-detent state; and controlling one or more flight control devices of the rotorcraft according to positioning of the pilot control induced by manual control by the pilot when the pilot control is in an out-of-detent state with the pilot manually controlling the pilot control . a processor; a computer readable memory; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for providing a vertical speed hold, the instructions for providing the vertical speed hold including instructions for: saving a target vertical speed in the computer readable memory of the FCC in response to a vertical speed selection indication; loading the target vertical speed for the rotorcraft from the computer readable memory of the FCC in response to a pilot control of the rotorcraft being in an in-detent state, wherein the in-detent state indicates that a pilot has released manual control of the pilot control , and wherein an out-of-detent state indicates that the pilot is manually controlling the pilot control ; controlling positioning of the pilot control according to the target vertical speed and controlling one or more flight control devices of the rotorcraft automatically by the FCC according to the target vertical speed when the pilot control is in the in-detent state; and controlling one or more flight control devices of the rotorcraft according to positioning of the pilot control induced by manual control by the pilot when the pilot control is in an out-of-detent state with the pilot manually controlling the pilot control . saving a target vertical speed in the computer readable memory of the FCC in response to a vertical speed selection indication; loading the target vertical speed for the rotorcraft from the computer readable memory of the FCC in response to a pilot control of the rotorcraft being in an in-detent state, wherein the in-detent state indicates that a pilot has released manual control of the pilot control , and wherein an out-of-detent state indicates that the pilot is manually controlling the pilot control ; controlling positioning of the pilot control according to the target vertical speed and controlling one or more flight control devices of the rotorcraft automatically by the FCC according to the target vertical speed when the pilot control is in the in-detent state; and controlling one or more flight control devices of the rotorcraft according to positioning of the pilot control induced by manual control by the pilot when the pilot control is in an out-of-detent state with the pilot manually controlling the pilot control . <EOS>