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Old 4th Jan 2012, 13:31
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I was referring to the suggestion in a prior post that there should be an OFF button where a pilot could switch off computers.

I don't think many understand that the FBW systems allow a lighter construction of the airframe. In the Air China accident a FBW plane would have likely fallen apart if protection systems had been not working


This is why there needs to be a big red button that says "Off"
When you press it, when you move the stick back, plane goes up, stick forward, plane goes down.
No if's, buts or maybe's.

Accidents have happened already when the computer takes a mind of its own.
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