Originally Posted by
Lyman
In no other a/c but the A330 is it more important to isolate NORMAL LAW from everything else. The type is trained to NL, and there is a disconnect in making anything except NORMAL LAW available in emergent or off standard flight path.
You should at least be referring to the range of Airbus models, which all (since A320) have same modes.
Also, so does Boeing (777, not sure on 787 but believe it is the same). Secondary mode on 777 is very similar to alt law on bus - still the same control laws but no protections (which on 777 are "soft" only and operate through the artifical feel). 777 also has direct mode too.