yeap thats true and yes use of the bird is RECOMMENDED. but is the use of FD's any good or trustworthy. as u said,once the landing gears come down it reverts to direct law,meaning all prots lost.
so i feel,that with all the prots lost,the FD's are useless (BUT THEY ARE STILL THERE AND PPL USE THEM). so is it reliable????
i mean,ok for example,when the high speed prot kicks in,at around Vmo+16,the aircraft detects it and commands a pitch up motion to the aircraft hence reducing the speed. so you can practically see the FD bars command this pitch up motion as they move up.
so with the protections lost,i would assume that this so called FD commands are unavailable. and the pilot would then just follow the FD till kingdom come neglecting the basic scan. am i right in saying this?
also of course theres the thing about switching off the FD bars keeps the ATHR in speed mode....but i dont think that applies to this scenario regarding the RA's