I am a simple old world kind of person who has managed to stay alive after 10 years in the military and 30 years in civil aviation. I have had to learn to adapt to the fact that the machine knows better than the man. But does that logic follow when parts of the machine are compromised and parts are not? Indeed when parts are compromised, it is possible that the remaining parts are working against you rather than for you, but you are in such a lather that you don't or can't read the message.
Having trawled the various airbus accidents, I am convinced that there is a very serious problem with the trim control in partial degradation of systems. The Perpignon A320 accident is a classic example.
Small print advice is not something one can understand in a major upset.
Please Mr Airbus...do something about a system that will allow trim to work against a pilot in the case of partial or substantial upset.
Last edited by VR-HFX; 18th Feb 2015 at 05:38.