PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - A330 hard landing in September
View Single Post
Old 7th Dec 2008, 14:18
  #12 (permalink)  
Sitting Bull
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: here and there
Posts: 75
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Having flown thousands of hours in the A330/A340 and also on the B744/B777, I think Iīm able to make an unbiased statement regarding manual control during landings in gusty winds, in sidestick-and non-sidestick a/c:

the airbuses are much more precise machines, yet they require quite precise handling by the pilot, meaning donīt make large control inputs unless they are REALLY needed (let the computers fight the gusts)

the boeings are way behind in precision (also the B777), yet they take more abuse on the controls by the pilots, which makes them easier to handle in gusty winds on landing.
Sitting Bull is offline