One of the first things I was taught in primary training is, "Don't trim into a stall." Apparently, the AB system will do just that in some circumstances
Autotrim when handflying is bad news; nice and geeky when all is well but precisely what you don't want when things go pear-shaped. Either you're fully flying it ie trimming as well or the AP is in.
100% correct.Strange counter-intuitive design.I dont like it.And I dont need to fly it to know that.In normal flight,pilot doesnt trim so becomes accustomed to not trimming.When something happens,the computer has trimmed into the stall and then the computer leaves it to the pilot to manually trim.No,its not right.No
pilot would ask for that design.Keep it simple.Human brain doesnt work well with startle factor and lots of ECAM warnings blaring.