Hi,
DW:
...as they tried to get out of the corner they'd painted themselves into.
The corner they entered (ultimately in the trees) was only "painted" by the pilots? Or the designers "preprogrammed" (with the new concept, protected FBW plane) the corner?
Would not be safer to allow a pilot to just exit the corner when absolutely necessary?
Rigid programming (hard limits) is really necessary? The pilots really need this kind of "protection"?