aa73, to my knowledge in over 20 years of operation, no FBW Airbus (AF447 could be argued) has fallen out of the sky because the FBW failed. That's a nice thing to dwell on.
In general, the biggest difference between the computer flown bus and the human brain flown McBoeing is pitch trim. The Bus auto trims and it does not trim for speed. Other than that, and here comes a BIG IF, IF the automation is all operable, the airplane pretty much flies like any other transport category swept wing jet. You want to turn left, you deflect SS left until you get the bank you want and let off, it just stays where you put it. Steep turns are easy as pie. Pitch appears at first glance to be normal, if you want to raise the nose, pull back and the nose comes up.
You will find that the SS and the FBW take about a hour on your first sim session to get used to and after that you will only think about it when you start reading AF447 threads.
