Classified as "TOO DIFFICULT!"
Engage brain, crunch some SIMPLE MATHS, engage MCP vertical modes and enjoy being in control?
Life is too short to start second guessing what computer programmers have been up to, especially when the green/brown bits out the window, or the green bits on the terrain display, are getting more obvious?
Yes it might be nice to know what the logic was, but I try to keep most of such curiosity about the FMC for the perusal of and education by these pages.