fflyingdog:
I bow to your superior and more up-to-date knowledge.
However, it could just be that the basic engine has not changed. Perhaps I should have said it was only a plate change plus some different electronics?
In my day, we didn't have to worry about FMS, FADEC etc etc (although we did have dual auto-throttles) because we still had a human being called a Flight Engineer and he was the best piece of kit that a captain could ever have when the world was unravelling around you.
Not only that, but he could buy beer which is more than FMS, FADEC etc etc can do and his conversation was also usually more illuminating than 58 ICAM messages!