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Old 5th Mar 2021, 09:21
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@ Dave Reid, yes, but I think the issue is that Boeing have rather spoiled their once great reputation with regard to safety !

PS: There is nothing 'klutzy' about the Airbus FBW family. Whereas one only has to sit in a B737 to see how klutzy it is. The 737 F/O still has a series of flows to perform, to switch various things on or off, that even our cars can manage to do automatically. F/Os shoulder straps can knock out CBs behind. The tractor-like controls which impede the view of the instruments. The wire ropes and pulleys to operate the flight controls. No A/P rudder control. Do 737 cabin crew still have to bend down to physically pick up and place the girt bar into the floor brackets every time they arm or disarm a door? (Airbus doors engage the slide by simply closing the arming handle).

I have much more respect and trust in Airbus for their design processes and innovation.
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