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it's true that the bus has had a few problems, like the 320 in LEBB that did not flare well because of a badly designed software in the computers. And who knows what else is hidden in those code lines...
Sometimes those computers can be such bastards... But the required skill to hand fly it is not much different from a conventional airplane. Autotrim makes it a little bit more boring, and you have less aerodynamical direct to the brain-information (no feel). the bus is not like a CWS. And it is does not maintain flight path like an ILS without inputs. Believe me, i did the test one day (normal conditions) and it goes away and away. A properly trimmed 73 probably will stay better on the glidepath.
I hate those
smileys. They are used without reason most of the times.