Originally Posted by Tourist
You are little hung up on the fact that a very old aircraft is not flawless, as if this is somehow a searing indictment of the concept.
You have faith how the newest tech will deliver better than the last one - I say surprises will come along and more simple is better enough that pilots in an airliner have still a long way to go.
But as money leads the way, you don't need to insist how pilots are terrible to justify the move.
The simple fact is that if they had done the same thing in a Boeing they would have held it in the stall into the water as well.
In the B you would need both your arms to hold it there and trim it yourself to get comfortable.
In the A, once stalled, you could leave the stick alone and the auto will trim all the way to comfortably maintain the bird in a fully developed and pronounced stall.