Originally Posted by HN39
No. The airplane will start a phugoid motion at alphamax as shown earlier, unless the pilot relaxes the sidestick and maintains the appropriate pitch attitude.
So according to Bechet the airplane has no issue going to alpha max but then, what do you make of the Airbus statement that "the flight protection system operated perfectly and prevented the aircraft from crashing nose first" ?
Also not too sure how you get Valphamax at 113kt ... ?