I know what the FCOM says, but the airplane in direct law is NOT turned into a conventional airplane.
The significant change is from manoeuvre demand to attitude demand. However, the control system doesn't provide any stick force per G gradient, neither does it provide any Q-dependent feel. So perhaps not all
that conventional?
beardy, I note your post. However, I remain somewhat exasperated by the....let's call it 'unusual' English used by Airbus in many of their publications.