Ah, yes.
However, I think PJ2 is more concerned about the problem of "when it's working it's real fine but when it falls in a heap and dumps the lot in the pilot's lap ... what have we done to ensure that the average line pilot - and, in this case, the average pair of line F/Os - is up to the task on the day (or the dark and stormy night, as the case may be) " ?
We should all acknowledge the overall fine record of the Airbus approach to life and the general statistics of the safety record but, when I look at the postulated
attitude presentation a couple of pages ago and consider that that looks not unlike an early jet A/H (think, say, a 733 with the FD selected OFF) - which, together with a handful of throttles, we could all use to pilot the aeroplane quite nicely .. I am left wondering just a little whether the Industry has been seduced by the siren of Gee-Whizzery and, perhaps, lost the basic pilotage competence plot .. at least just a bit ?