Originally Posted by dozy
True, but it's also true in conventional-layout ops. Unannounced manipulation of the controls from the opposite side is risky, as I said above - and you must know that when going by the book, "follow-through" has no place in line ops, even line training.
Why you keep making such statements on things you absolutely have no experience on is a mystery to me ...
Tying the THS and rudder control into the digital flight control system exclusively would remove that last fail-safe.
Then hurry up to give a call to Airbus, rudders have now moved to the fully digital era ...