I think we need to have a serious thought here about this 'progress' to software control. How many AB pilots would understand/anticipate EXACTLY what a movement or relaxation of the SS input would do in this situation? Is it reasonable to expect a stressed human to work this out, especially one that may well have been inculcated with the 'AB will look after you' mantra? Agreed, 'nose down' is the sensible thing to do, but..............have we actually reached the limit where a human can reasonably be expected to work out what is happening to what and how and why? Surely the cry for a drastic overhaul in both philosophy and content of FBW training needs to become very strident?
Now, Alt2B - let me see C* - is that 1g or flight path, or is it perhaps constant pitch attitude......? Do I have alpha protection in this mode or not? I cannot recall the groundschool - Oh! - what was that noise?