I agree with Lomapaseo, Wiggy and CA that Airbus has it right. In the context of the aircraft, the process that occurs to generate the result (instrument reading or control response) is transparent. In other words, the transparent (can't be seen) process is sitting in front of the visible result.
In the polly's example, their use of the word is more confusing; their result (eg budget, costings) is both visible
and transparent, revealing the process behind. The process certainly isn't transparent.
Lesson: don't listen to pollys! Your understanding of the English language will become corrupted!
