Originally Posted by
Organfreak
How could it be "rational" when nothing else does (perform in the same manner as in NL)?
Look up the concept of "graceful degradation".
You're talking about handing a pilot who may have not flown under manual trim conditions since their last checkride (or possibly even earlier) the responsibility of handling the aircraft with manual trim (which he or she will not be used to) in the worst possible situation. How is that any better than a system which retains as much of the Normal Law handling characteristics (which the pilot would be most used to) as possible?
I think it is relatively clear (as clear as anything in these thread can be) that the AB FBW is over-designed, by and for nerds.
And with a comment like that I can't help but hope that one day, a member of the late Captain Gordon Corps' family bumps into you and gives you a well-deserved ding around the ear.
I may not be a real pilot, but I
do have a rawther large brain!
With a head that big, I'm surprised you fit through an average-sized door.