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Interesting about fully manual Flt in an AB. Take manual thrust for an example thrust idle to max is about 5 inches of movement, so adjusting thrust has to be done with finess. You can't just give the thrust levers an inch like you can on a Boeing. As AB will tell you the side stick ergonomics mean full movement is very easy to do. Most pilots hit the stops on a gusty approach. Again this is NOT an airbus boeing thing. They are different beasts each has its benefits. I was told in the early 90's that the FBW AB was not really designed to be hand flown only for short periods whilst you got the appropriate modes engaged.
Just to say my career was t/props, Boeing, AB, Boeing & back to AB. All a pleasure to hand fly but the AB needed modified skills, which a lot of pilots do not have. There is some UT videos showing some low level flights in Europe. Just look at the pilot (stirring the porrage) So reverting to manual flt as this crew did can on occasion not solve the problems that they had set themselves.