Thanks for the answer. I was thinking more in terms of the initial rate of rotation (pitch change) as opposed to any wing reaction.
Whilst I appreciate that the horiz. stab. is ititially set at a higher AoA (albiet -ive), and therefore will give a greater response at the initial application or rotation force, I thought this would have been more than offset by the CG position.
Also wonder if the new buses 340-500, A3xx etc, will take of in ground mode (direct law), or will have some pitch damping. It is scarey enough doing three weeks long haul on the 340, then a 330 jolly to realise the variences. Surely they wouldn`t be able to MFF the new derivatives when they really don`t fly similarly at the most critical phase of flight.