@ conf and vila
If the DIRECT law has a completely linear plot from zero stick/elevator to full deflection, then how does cee gee come into play? Show me the plot of deflection/stick pressure versus control deflection. 45 degree line? Is a degree of stick equal to a degree of elevator movement? Maybe it's 1:2 or 2:1 or whatever.
I have to agree that full stick deflections are not always the way to go even in NORMAL laws. I also point out that the two 'bus crashes we have dissected appear to indicate very little buffet or shaking or such that many of us here were used to in other jets.
TNX 1201, you sound like the crowd that thinks "don't just do something, sit there"