This Thanks for the clear and well considered resume,
FCeng84 #58,
‘Design assumed that pilots would …’
Rule one for design; first list you assumptions; they are the basis of systems descriptions and pilot manuals.
jimtx you views, #60, muddy the ‘clearing waters’ with odd or misleading interpretations.
Beware of ‘not caring about aerodynamics’, or ‘AP view of force’. Those aspects are considered in high integrity FBW aircraft, where the pilots still care. The 737 MAX appears to be using low integrity AoA inputs (dual) to achieve a higher order function than may be available in such an ‘old’ design.
FCeng84 please correct or expand my comment to aid general understanding, and I hope in the fullness of time (soon) you might present some speculative thoughts on how the design of ‘weak’ systems might be re-engineered to meet the certification requirements and pilots’ perceptions expressed in Pprune; - what’s the fix.
Are certification requirements out of step with current piloting abilities, recognition, understanding. Is the industry, pilots, certification, and design, increasingly thinking like “FBW” systems, whereas in reality there are many ‘older’ systems requing previous levels of understanding and operation ?