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They could achieve commonality the opposite direction, by adopting the BBD FBW system on (future) Airbus models. How does the two cockpits stack up against each other, does the 20-year difference in age also yield a better result in that area? Visually the CS, nee A220, looks rather much like an A350 put in a photocopier and set to 40%. Maybe it'll also work at 60%, creating an A320/A321 replacement with BBD innards up front.
Perhaps too far of a stretch.
Well, airbus was actually developing the A320 NEO enhanced already with the A350 flightdeck (and probably improved aerodynamics, those are quite old as well). But have stopped doing so around 2 months ago. Might be an indicator that they think about something along those lines?
Quite honestly, switching from the 737NG to the A320 felt in many ways like stepping back in time, not in automation or ergonomics, but in avionic features. IAN, vertical situation display, bog-standard equipped with GLS, navigation performance scales and of course as many layers of information at the same time as one wants, simply not available on the A320, not to mention those tiny and badly lit screens are awful as well.