FBW with servo delay, manual trim that you do not use often etc. would be a severe problem in a situation like this, especially for a guy who was captain on an

FBW with servo delay, manual trim that you do not use often etc. would be a severe problem in a situation like this, especially for a guy who was captain on an IL-76 (where the yoke is the size of a cab truck steering wheel and has direct feedback from actuators). He "should have been able". Also AFL "should have" provided training in direct mode flying. The OAK "should have" provided an SOP for resetting the flight control computers into normal mode, or some kind of alternate mode which at least would provide auto-trim. Etc. etc. etc. It is very tempting to say "pilot error" but if you drive a car and the way the steering wheel responds to your input drastically changes in an instant, without you having experienced that way of the steering wheel reacting - is it your "error"?