Thanks, Vilas and Pine.
One thing about the real plane in flight with the "direct" law is that is itn close to what we had 50 years ago with pure hydraulic controls that did not have a lotta electronic or other inputs , well, maybe some dampers. So we basically replaced pulleys, cables, pushrods, torque tubes and such with hydraulic pressure and actuators that moved the elevators, ailerons and rudder.
Up to me I would require a few training moments every year in the real plane with degraded computer modes - maybe not pure, direct law at the beginning, but at least feeling how the plane reacts without all the protections, gains and smoothing and...