lomapaseo;
I've deleted the post as you are right - my thanks for correcting my recollection.
protectthehornet;
The statements of the writer regarding the Airbus accident at Habsheim are demonstrably incorrect. The opinions regarding the A320 indicate an almost total lack of understanding of the airplane and it's design. While one can agree that a steel cable to a fuel control unit works, the industry has come a long, long way since the DC8, 707 and early 747 were designed. Regarding fbw, one can make the same comment on hydraulic systems, where a pilot never has a solid connection with the controls, the connection obviously being done through fluid rather than electrons. The last truly manual jet transport was the DC8, designed in 1955 - the elevators were pure cable and very heavy in some regimes and the ailerons as well, were run by boost tabs. Even the 707 was hydraulically, not cable controlled. I thought the comment, if truly made, was a very long way behind the times, and that is what I meant. Yes, at that we'll leave the point alone as engine control is indeed an interesting subject. All the same, it's just hard to get by some of the wilder understandings being posted.
And here I thought Arizona was gonna take it...