Originally Posted by Machinebird
We have to ask the 'Bus maintainers and pilots, the likelihood of a single failure not being written up within a reasonable period of time ~ 6 months max.
Pilots might like a softer feel to the spring cartridge and might not write it up.
I know of no Airbus pilot that would take any chance at all when considering aircraft control. Unless an Airbus pilot is totally inept, he/she is acutely aware of the tenuous link we have to life and won't take any chances. I would put the chances of a pilot ignoring a soft stick at exactly zero.