Spinplate
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I say get the mask on first and make sure you have good O2 flow first, then establish comm with F/O or Capt. for Emergency Descent Procedures. Fly the plane first even if its on AP, but I would prefer to be in manual emergency descent if my O2 was good, why not. Pilot has more control over airplane manually than in AP mode. Loss of cabin press. that drastic is going to be caused by some sort of structural failure somewhere in the plane so in manual mode you would have better control and would be able to make faster pitch/roll changes than AP if it were serious, but its totally situational on what the cause is. Last but not least get ATC to let you know if 10k will even be a good altitude (IMC over Colorado and splat). They'll tell you in a sec the lowest you could go in any direction. Like I said, depends on situation......need to know more on conditions inside and outside of plane.