Originally Posted by
rjtjrt
I admit I am completely unqualified, but I have always wondered if ‘what’s it doing now” goes through crew mind, then getting it into Alternate Law, or Direct Law if possible, would at least put pilot back in charge.
I have been reluctant to ask this given my lack of real knowledge.
rjtjrt - ask away mate. The problem was, at the time, no one really knew how to drive it into alternate law. There's still a temporary fix where you turn off 2 ADRs if the plane inexplicably pitches down.