One correction. If you set the thrust to idle, the Bus will maintain flightpath until it reaches Valpfaprot. THEN it will pitch down to maintain Valphaprot. Alpha floor won't kick in until you pull through Valphaprot towards Valphamax (or so I was taught, no manuals at hand presently).
As to the conversion to the 'bus. Having read all the stuff about FBW control laws, etc., I expected the bus to handle totally differently to whatever I've flown before. However, once in the sim, I've found it quite pleasant to handfly and, surprisingly, quite conventional.
Last edited by Stuck_in_an_ATR; 30th Dec 2012 at 15:23.