@CONF - I have never "made stuff up" on this subject in my life, and I always make a point of checking what I'm saying beforehand - with others if possible, some of whom are pilots. My knowledge is strictly engineering and systems design.
So I oversimplified and rendered the information badly - that said, I've still yet to see any proof that an "inadvertent" pull back on the stick would command a nose-up so aggressive that 13 degrees of THS up-trim is required for full elevator authority, or proof that neutral stick would do the same - Chris's theory notwithstanding (for which there seems to be some debate about which speed neutral stick switches from "G-load" command to "Zero Pitch"). I think the only way we'll know for sure is when the BEA release the interim report. Only problem there is that there are those on here, yourself included, that will never believe anything the BEA says regarding an Airbus aircraft - so I fear that these arguments will go on and on and on...
Last edited by DozyWannabe; 16th June 2011 at 17:27.