bearfoil,
Interestingly, the type of discussion you allude to (with a very experienced A330 pilot) was one of the prime reasons I decided to post what I did. I suppose I'm looking for additions, contradictions, clarifications from whomever has knowledge or experience (either operationally or technically) with that aircraft and or similar aircraft with the same or similar sensors, instruments, and/or software.
Diversification,
Interesting points. Especially tantalising (for me at least) is your comment:
It is a pity that we don't have access to the source codes used nor program flow-sheets
And I may have missed it, but I don't recall reading previously about the content (and timeline) of the FAA's AD2008-17-12.
grizz