Originally Posted by GY
To be honest it doesn't seem at all evil or that hard to understand, so long as you are half-aware of the systems of your aircraft - you know the one you are qualified to fly.
It seems nice the way you tell things, but now if you have a look at the Airbus documentation, where is the quote, where is the "BE AWARE" that in some cases you would be better use MANUAL TRIM despite the fact AUTOTRIM is active or at least operative ?
In other words, which simulator exercice has ever encouraged such way of thinking ... ?