Mr Optimistic
It has only become "SS v yoke", which is somewhat of a misnomer, because the AB implementation of the former does not mirror the traditional characteristics of the latter and the flight crew never diagnosed the stall.
The human factors/CRM/cockpit discipline issues that arise out of the AF447 tragedy, as regards the SS, are the absence of artificial feedback (to the PF and through interconnectivity to the PNF) and apply equally to the throttle feedback.
Enough to fill in the missing pieces of the jigsaw for the PNF, if only enough to brief the returning CDB to get him over the line....?
Diagnose the stall and get to work on ND and the THS "problem", as per the related thread on AF447, although it feels somewhat esoteric and academic in the context of a flight crew that never diagnosed the stall. But an interesting post by Owain Glyndwr on that thread, for those of you aerodynamically inclined......
Last edited by Welsh Wingman; 26th Aug 2011 at 22:17.