PJ2
Cool Guys, re, "I really think the designers of this system could of been a bit kinder to the pilots."
Well, in what way?
Maybe the design could have less things for the Pilot to think about at the point of degradation to Alt law. When Alt law is entered the pilot has to resolve the issue that caused the law degradation and he also has to change his control input method (as confirmed by Vilas in post 585).
A similar thing could be said about the unconnected side sticks. I understand after 1000s of hours flying in normal law you get used to the controls in the accompanying level of work load but what about at the point of law degradation when the workload can increase considerably? Could the tactile feedback be beneficial at this point? Is there even a slight chance this extra information could have helped Robert understand what was happening?