Originally Posted by
Smilin_Ed
Dozy, it you have relevant arguments on why autotrim should not drop out with the autopilot, I will be glad to consider them.
Can't speak for Dozy, but two relevant arguments that come to mind are Schipol and Bournemouth. The 737 autotrim
does drop out with a/p - and the consequences when pilots didn't immediately realise weren't pretty (although at Schipol it was probably a minor contributor with not watching the thrust the major one).
The common thread to me is not that A control laws are better than B, or visa versa, but that pilots should be properly trained to fly the a/c they are flying, including stall recognition and recovery. It appears that this has been lacking across the industry for a while, hopefully now in the process of being fixed.