Originally Posted by infrequentflyer789
Also, I think autotrim is effecitively requried for C* control law, so without it you are looking at direct law, and no protections/limits whenever A/P is out. Not sure that is going to be an improvement.
The question has to be : What is an improvement ?
If the B or others were crashing at a far greater rate than the A, I would say that the protections were absolutely justified and needed ... but is it the case ?
Originally Posted by DozyWannabe
No, read what I'm saying
It is actually what I do and don't see any justification for such phrasing :
"In the previous generation jet you'd have had no control other than thrust, but in this case you have thrust, pitch trim and rudder."
unless you consider that electronics will prevent the Airbus to suffer from total hydraulic failure ... ?