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Old 17th August 2011 | 09:18
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Safety Concerns
 
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Nanny is right 99% of the time, but we cannot rely on her ,otherwise how do we grow up.
That is a very good point. However if we quote infrequentflyer we may get a brief insight into current thinking.

The most interesting link posted on these threads (more than once)
was the Nasa study of A vs B control systems for CFIT escape. Covering sidestick, laws protections the lot.

Result:
the pilots overwhelmingly thought B was the better system
the actual outcome was that the A system saved your ass more often
So which set of designers got it right ? Not easy.
So we already have an operational system that has been scientifically proven to save butts more often. Therefore the answer may well lie in a different approach to training including more hands on time.

I think the bottom line in all this is that the original designers of the control architecture & responses in Airbii FBW were not really taking pilots wishes too seriously in their list of priorities.
Have to seriously disagree with that but it is a trade off influenced by other factors.
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