Paper manuals seem to be the fastest way for me to find something when I don’t know exactly where or what it is. Ever try to thumb through a CD? Unfortunately, there are some Neanderthals around that like to rip out the pages they need….. Also, at my place of employment, if you get dinged up and have to go on light duty, you get to make manual revisions. It is an incentive to work safely and stay healthy.
Ever find out that the manual procedure will never, ever work the way it is written?
No parle vois Airbus. They seem to go out of their way to do everything opposite of all known conventions. Makes you wonder if they actually have secret wiring diagrams that only the manufacturer uses. To be fair, they make sense once you get used to them, but why re-invent the wheel?