Bear -good points and very well made.I certainly understand that a test regime has different risk to line operation.Perhaps,I was guilty of a glib remark ref the tragic accident of the A330 at Toulouse.However,I still would say that there are(or certainly were) traps for the unwary in the Airbus fbw series which were not instructed well,if at all.I appreciate that this may or may not be relevant to Airbus test flying.
Cheers