Flexibility in the control of the compressor bleed valve is of the type utilized in a twin spool axial flow engine for preventing compressor surge is manifested by electronically summing an approximated burner pressure that has a first order time constant introduced to actual burner pressure and a burner pressure limit that is scheduled as a function of corrected high pressure compressor speed and the altitude of the aircraft. The signal may be treated by a hysteresis circuit to stabilize the bleed valve.