CONF iture
I will try to answer your points but this is not slugfest between you and me nor I am promoting A or B.
Perpignan, AF447 or 757 what ever I said were not my opinions but inquiry reports. Perpignan wrong maintenance procedure, unplanned last minute execution at a dangerously low altitude without sufficient preparation, too many holes in Swiss cheese too easy to line up.
757 case if you Google it you will be able to find it was concluded that it was possible not to notice the masking tape and they had to make some changes, I didn't demand it and it didn't help that it was not FBW.
AF 447 was crew action absolved by the inquiry? Again not my opinion.
I am not saying two wrongs make one right. EASA AD or Airbus does not find it necessary to switch to direct law but alternate law which allows the pilot to override protections. As an Airbus pilot I tend to agree with it. If you think that in the 757 case same actions as were taken in 447 would have saved the situation I have nothing more to say.