PJ2
Thank you very much for your open words.
A friend of mine, also a retired Phantom driver, flew the A320 until final retirement 2 years ago. On the few occasions we were able to talk about flying the bus he was happy with the manual handling qualities, he always told me "franzl, you wouls have loved that plane". In the same moments he was telling the stories about FOīs unwilling to handfly the plane except for T/O and Land, and in more than one occasion he was reported up the chain for doing so.
Well, i didnīt believe everything he said, and your post sheds a different view to his narratives.
My nephew got accepted by LH to become a pilot last month, he is very happy about it. I myself was and am not sure, wether i should slap his shoulder for well done or wether i should caution him on being alert not to get a kid of the magenta line.