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Yes I am an A340/A330 Captain like you! If you want to call me a "pen pusher" because I try to know my A/C so be it. I would have expected the same professionalism from you.
You claim this incident occurred when flap was selected from 1 to 0, on a heavy A340 10 kts above S speed and now you are trying to say
especially when crossing the 200kts automatic flap up sequence.
Does it ring a bell?
so which was it auto flap retract or your selection of Flap 0. The Aplha Lock function is for SLAT retraction not FLAP and again I doubt S speed would have been as low as 190kts at 252 tonnes, for you to be 10 kts above it.
You also claimed that you cannot see if the spoilers operate, that is incorrect as you can see that on the Flight control page when you carry out the flight control checks.
But there again you have said that you need tactile feedback.
As the A/C commander you are required to know your A/C. Blaming maintenance action and then FBW for hiding something, amazing. Did you not wonder why you had the Alpha Lock and investigate?