Why do airbus insist on regarding alternate and direct law "degraded"
For Airbus the way to fly this aircraft is "Normal law"
When the aircraft is no more flying in the "Normal law" .. he is flying in a "degraded" (Airbus phraseology) state (all the other "laws" kindly made available by Airbus ) IMHO
In a word .. for save your soul (and souls of the back cargo) sometime it's better to fly in "degraded" law ... if the pilot know how ...