Originally Posted by
HarryMann
One other thing, and I know this will not be accepted immediately by all Airbus cockpit crew .. I am not convinced that the airbus sidestick design is optimum for all situations (I'll leave it at that for now!).
Well neither is the yoke, to be honest - it gets in the way, seriously limits freedom of movement, accumulates crud around the base (when floor-mounted) and it's easy to bump when you turn around, which can have unintended consequences (ref: EAL401). As many others have said, there are positives and negatives to both major civil airliner control philosophies applied to the airframes currently in manufacture.