Originally Posted by gums
max AoA was always there if we pulled full back on the sidestick. No auto-throttle, but that was up to us. The jet gave you everything it could.
In theory, the Airbus is not different, as the procedure is to rely on the protections to get the most out of it, but as I wrote earlier :
What strikes me is how in Habsheim, New-York or Bilbao, the pitch authority has been compromised by features built into the system, whenever the aerodynamic had still more to deliver.