Hi DozyWannabe,
The same pilot will have to complete the approach and landing in Direct Law anyway once the Landing Gear is lowered.
If you are so concerned about a pilot's ability to fly this aircraft in Direct Law, then don't you think that perhaps it should have been designed so that the average pilot could do so easily?
this workaround is temporary and only applies to a relatively small number of airframes.
I am told there are 690 aircraft affected.