Originally Posted by
FlyingStone
Airbus FBW sidestick has force feedback? Well, I learnt something new today, I thought it was just couple of springs that knew nothing about what was going on with the flight controls......
He said
constant force feedback. i.e. springs. The point being that it is no effort to push or pull, unlike a mistrimmed Boeing type.
On an Airbus He would have performed the go around with AP ON, and that makes a huge difference in terms of safety, especially with crap weather at 2 am.
Even flying manually, though it is very easy - the pitch/power couple has been designed out 
(ooops, automation dependancy........
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