A Chief engineer was reading a manual in order to confirm th...

A Chief engineer was reading a manual in order to confirm the procedures for reaction to an oil mist alarm, or other alarms that could lead to the oil mist situation and he found the following instruction: Reduce engine power/pitch down to slow-down levei, if this is not an automatic function. This will drastically reduce the load on the engine bearings, and hence the production of oil mist. The word underlined can be replaced by: