Originally Posted by CONF iture
The text in the FCOM is a bit ambiguous but says that it is now also possible to leave the AoA protection if the sidestick is at neutral or pushed forward, for at least 0.5 seconds, when alpha is below alpha prot.
Confiture, thanks. My copy of the FCOM is not amended and may well be out-of-date.
From the revised text you provided I understand that, with the sidestick at neutral, there must be some external effect (such as a downward gust?) that reduces AoA below alpha-prot while "the AoA protection law seeks to hold the angle of attack constant at alpha prot".