Quoting Dozywannabe:-
"Of course, why not just throw away years of development and just make planes the Boeing way to satisfy a minority of pilots who can't deal with having the training wheels off? Yeesh..."
Fair enough in its way, Dozy, mate.
But looking at it another way, for a bit longer than aeroplanes have been around, bicycles have. It would be perfectly possible, with today's 'electronic aids,' to design a bicycle that didn't need handlebars; so that the rider could turn just by 'body lean,' with his/her hands in their pockets....
But no-one has yet designed a bicycle that works that way. I'd venture to say, because yer av'rage rider would get a bit confused......
So precisely WHY, in your opinion, did Airbus opt for 'no feel/no feedback' etc.? A revolutionary change, after the best part of a century of producing aeroplanes that all 'worked' the same way?
My own view is that it was a matter of 'less weight/lower cost.' I can't think of any other reason?
Maybe you can?