There's much excellent advice from plenty of experienced 'hairy asses'- yes even the lady pilots...

...and 'grey beards' on CRM, ATC and Energy management and such ...


But since you're on the Bus,
While I have no experience with Airbuses but as an aerodynamicist I do understand their FBW control logic pretty well...if I may refer you to this thread regarding some factors that maybe helpful for an Airbus pilot in general
http://www.pprune.org/questions/4941...ment-scan.html