I'm a believer in force-feedback, coupled controls and so on but it does seem to be secondary to crew training/currency/experience. In the recent B777 Asiana crash at SFO, the PF must have had the control column well aft, against some fairly high trim forces for quite a while but no-one noticed.
That said, it appears you do have to be on your "A" game near the ground as a line trainer on the Airbus (going off others' anecdotes rather than personal experience...)