LEVEL 600 you know your stuff!
I have a question:
The load factor limit is based on the maximum loads, which are calculated for MTOW. So if the MTOW is 77 tons and in clean config the g limit is 2.5 gs, the maximum load is 77x2.5 tons right?
So if you are in approach to destination after a ferry flight and your GW is only 45 tons, you can only pull 2.5, with is much less load (45x2.5 tons).
So this "full authority" that Airbus boasts about in case of a GPWS is not so full, I guess, because if in that approach you would survive with a 77x2.5 ton pull up to avoid a mountain, but not with a 45x2.5 ton one… Well, someone could go to the lawyers and sue Airbus for a lot of millions