Hammondfan, the point I was making (as Peter put more eloquently above) is that at a base level, all you need to know is to take care to stay within the flight envelope outside of Normal Law - anything more than that is a bonus.
As for arguing with line pilots - jeez, it's a discussion forum. I'll argue the toss if I disagree with anyone, pilot or no. Some of the anti-Airbus brigade tend to talk as though they speak for all pilots when they are in fact a minority, albeit a vocal one.
I apologise for or on behalf of no-one other than myself. If you want to take the fact that I will ruthlessly fact-check and counter politically-motivated assertions as me defending Airbus then that's your call, not mine.