Well having only ever flown the electric wonderjet and not knowing what a TIF is I may not be the best to reply but here goes...
Modern Airbus aircraft (320/330/340) have a sidestick, like a computer joystick, not a yoke and have hard protections via the fly by wire system. This means you cannot stall it, overstress the airframe etc. They also allow you to cross-crew on more than one type, e.g. 320 and 340 flying one then the other day in day out.
Boeings (737/747/747/767) have conventional hydraulic controls, not fly by wire and all of them (777 included, which is fly by wire) have a conventional yoke. In the Airbus the controls (both stick and throttle) have no feedback or feel but in the Boeings they do (777 has synthetic feel). Boeings can be stalled, flown beyond airframe limits etc if the pilot ignores warnings and really want to.
Well thats a start, let battle commence...