Gee and I thought this was the "
Professional Pilots rumor network"
There is no "Abnormal" Law on the FBW Airbus.
Sorry, not being a bus driver I was going from what I've been able to find on the net:
http://www.airbusdriver.net/airbus_fltlaws.htm:
ABNORMAL ALTERNATE LAW Abnormal Alternate Law is activated if the airplane enters an unusual attitude, allowing recovery from the unusual attitude. - Pitch law becomes Alternate (without autotrim or protection other than Load Factor protection).
- Roll law becomes Direct law with mechanical yaw control.
Unfortunately it doesn't say what exactly constitutes an "unusual attitude" but I'd have considered > 40 deg AoA and < 60 knots airspeed as per the BEA report to be some factors that might go in that direction.
Maybe you could check the exact parameters for this?