The FBW characteristics of Airbus have been raised. Apart from preventing a disaster they have no bearing on the incident. The pilot did not read the FMA, this is a fundamental part of flying Airbus and is covered in depth in Airbus training . He did not make clear who was flying the aircraft, this is a fundamental part of captaincy. So far he has only admitted negligence in having a loose article. I posit that he handed the incident badly despite his training not because of it.