To those bemoaning FBW your ancestors probably expressed the following:
Why would I want to abandon wing warping for those flappy new hinged control surfaces, what if they fall off?
Retractable gear! No way, what if those darn things won't come down?
Enclosed canopy, what if I need to jump out?
Hydraulics, there is no feel, give me cable all the way!
Like it or not computers are progress and likely inescapable. Ask the B-2 or F-117A pilot who rely upon them even more.
Like any "new" technology there will be bugs, but in the end future pilots will just see them as the way things are, and be busily complaining about wing mounted solar panels, or fusion reactor heat issues.
