>I'm geniunely not trying to tick you off. But I am very curious if there ever has >been any debate with Airbus that you're aware of concerning adding the PIC's >ability to shut off the FBW?
I really don't know. As I said in a previous post, I'm just a grease monkey. I leave the clever sods to concentrate on design and safety issues, while I concentrate on not falling off a four storey high wing jig. :)