To auto trim or to not.....
I agree with you for the most part, Doze.
Our "autotrim" was referenced to the gee we had trimmed for. So If I pulled hard and relaxed, then the thing tried to get back to the "trim" setting I had. thought we went over this before.
As I mentioned, some folks trimmed to zero gee when entering a fight so to "extend" and gain energy they just had to relax on the stick and HAL got to that wonderful zero gee condition. My understanding is the 'birds on the wing and slot use a tad of trim for something like 0.9 or so. Makes the close up work a bit easier.