TWA Pilot:- 100% agree with you.
CX spent 25% of our maintenace budget on 4 A340-600's !! incredible piece of un-reliable plastic junk,
And to those mis-guided fools that think you actually fly an Airbus....................nope, you have a computer keeping it at a constant G ( for the manoeuver being attempted ) therefore any wing drops, nose drops etc are basically corrected BY THE COMPUTER, not you. Some don't get the concept and greatly overcontrol the side stick and thus make it look bad. Set it, leave it alone.
So you are ALWAYS in a mode Boeing call control wheel steering, ie Flying the machine through the computer.
Except for below 100' ( or is it 50' ) when you get direct law.
So enough of "I hand fly the Airbus" No you don't
the computer does.
I've flown the Airbus Sim a lot ( 320 330 and 340 ) and I can say that anyone could fly a bus after being told the basics of how to massage the side stick.
On a Boeing you still need to actually FLY the Aircraft, just like a C 150.