Originally Posted by
BarbiesBoyfriend
It strikes me that the bus flies quite unlike other aircraft even when everythings working as it should, which is practically always. I'm talking about the way it processes roll and pitch inputs, with the a/c staying rolled or pitched when pilot input ceases.
I distinctly remember when doing my AEF in a Chipmunk that moving the stick to the left would put me in a left turn and returning it to neutral would hold me at that angle of bank. How is a FBW Airbus in Alt2 or Direct Law any different? You're not positioned as precisely as you would be in Normal Law, and the computers can't hold you there if you're being buffeted - but that's a pretty basic flying skill surely? Isn't that what recurrent training is for?