A side comment about AOA indication, valuable info for such operation:
a. It can be measured directly with a vane, but is subject to icing.
b. It can be calculated from INS measurements, generally it is the difference between flight path angle and fuselege pitch attitude.
Its absence was not a factor. A pilot can see the altitude dropping rapidly and the nose pointing up, which is sufficient information to deduct a very high AOA. A push of the sidestick forward would have been enough.
What to me is unacceptable, is an aircraft changing its response to my flight control inputs, due to some laws switching to and fro. In an ideal world it could be regarded advanced, but in the given circumstances it makes the pilot a deputy assistant to the autoflight system, as opposed to the pilot in command.