Yep, Fergi ... things get awfully quiet when the systems power down in those new-fangled jets! Just ask those MP guys that lost all their systems a few years back from MCO and had to divert...
On the other hand, at least the Boeings have direct control linkages. With the Airbuses, you've got one of those funny little Nintendo joystick thingies ... which is connected to a computer!
Now, when
those systems fail, you're stuffed!
I'll take an (old, but extremely reliable) L1011 any day!!
BTW, happy birthday ... have one for me!
