Originally Posted by
BOAC
Surely you know that that would run counter to all AB philosophy of 'protecting' the machine? The software know best, you, the pilot, do not need to know.
BOAC, did you take a grumpy pill this morning?
A couple of honest questions. Firstly, did you read what I wrote yesterday re: the systems design? It's there to assist the pilot to do his or her job, not to "protect" the aircraft from bad piloting as such. Secondly, as I asked on the other thread, if Airbus thought that pilots didn't "need to know", then why would they publish an article saying that they think manual flying skills at airlines have been allowed to deteriorate too far?
The Alternate modes are there because the design brief called for them. I could try to dig up more info on that, but does it really matter?