Originally Posted by
KSINGH
Having been Boeing (707 and 777), done a couple of years on Airbus then back to Boeing (787), I suspect this guy should have had better instruction on day 1 of his Airbus course. First sim should enable the student to set his armrest properly so that the whole forearm is anchored and its only really the wrist that moves. Rather than fight the whole thing down the approach, he should be gently nudging the aircraft when the flightpath requires it.
Having flown both manufacturers, I do prefer Boeing. I found Airbus stick too easy to overcontrol in pitch on an EFATO. Also in gusty crosswinds, you sometimes did need to hit the stops on the stick to maintain the flightpath which was always a bit disconcerting. Being a demand input to the computer, I always thought of it more as a very manual autopilot controller rather than a direct control device. I also hated Airbus philosophy of messing around with the control laws between types. If your airline operates A320CEO, NEO and A321NEO, you've got three variations in how they respond near the ground.