Originally Posted by
Mil-26Man
As an side, there's an interesting aspect to the respective capabilities of both platforms in this Flight Global report from 2010, with Boeing criticizing the 'envelope protection system' of the A330 compared to the 'complete, full access to the aircraft envelope' of its KC-46A. I'm guessing the crew and passengers of ZZ333 were very happy for the protection system in February 2014...
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...ensive-345235/
You might think that the A330 zero feedback side stick controllers and zero feedback autothrottles are a good idea, but there's plenty of people who would strongly disagree. I'm not going to weigh in on that contentious argument, but I will say that if the pilots and passengers of Air France 447 had survived, they would likely be among those disagreeing with you. And regarding ZZ333 specifically, had they been flying a KC-46, there never would have been an emergency in the first place. 'nuff said.