Originally Posted by DOZY
Because dropping to Direct Law means that pilots who aren't used to manually trimming the thing outside of a simulator will have to very quickly get used to doing so in what is likely to already be a high-pressure situation.
Big deal !
If manually trimming became one of those scary things ... (?), maintain the auto-trim but keep the bloody protections away on a single switch activation.
Manual trim or mad protection ? ... Maybe your choice is difficult, but it is not to anyone flying those things.