Originally Posted by PJ2
To me it is a non-sequitur because the PFD certainly says sufficient to know what needs doing to correct whatever the other pilot may be doing incorrectly
That's how Airbus wants to justify to the world its technical choice, but AF447 again tells a different story.
Having a direct knowledge of the PF control inputs is a GOLDEN mine for a PM in his capacity to thoroughly analyze a situation, to be deprived of it is a waste of precious data.