Boofhead I do not see your point:
1 - On the FBW airbus fleet the sidesticks DO move, and near the ground you will get direct control law on the lateral axis. This means that you get roll control surfaces displacement proportional to the stick inputs, as in any other airliner. On the longitudinal axis the situation is almost the same in that apart from the protections if you put more stick displacement you get more elevators displacement.
2 - Well for your training concern, for sure most AB pilots would lack some skills to fly a super-constellation, but I am not sure they would be the only ones nowadays... But I do not see many around these days
