Originally Posted by
hans brinker
Mostly because FBW and AP always on don't mean the same thing.
An Airbus in direct law is still FBW but the AP isn't on anymore. MCAS on a 737 is AP on without FBW.
Even with all the media coverage, I'm still not well enough informed about MCAS to speak intelligently on it. My point was that in terms of "really flying" as in a DC3, a 777 pilot is just as disconnected from the flight controls as an A320 pilot, but the Airbus guys still seem to get a lot of (good natured) ribbing over it.
I don't mind though. The non-airbus pilots at my company are quite skeptical of the sidestick, and as most of them are senior to me, I've no intention of changing their minds.
