Captjns under your regime we have the AF scenario whereby all your pilots are rule driven and inexperienced that when they are confronted with something outside the box then they cannot deal it.
It is interesting to note that when Airbus have a new type the initial sortie is flown is direct law until the fbw laws have been proved. If you can fly a circuit in direct law then you can fly the basic aircraft and everything above this is merely making your life easy..