AF447 final crew conversation - Thread No. 1

[infrequentflyer789]

Originally Posted by Machinbird

Take a look at this article from Flight Global about the Legacy 500 Bizjet: Boeing inspects 787s after aft fuselage composite delamination - FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis
(Ignore the statement about Boeing 787-it really is about Embraer.)

Linked sidesticks, C* law but with softer protections in some areas, an AOA limiter, back driven autothrottles, and a different way of doing some things. Looks to be a very pragmatic approach.

Thanks for that link - very informative. Does indeed look like somewhere between A & B approach, proper moving throttles, but bus-style sidesticks. Ugly chimera or best of both - time will tell. Someone in marketing probably needs firing for naming it "Legacy" mind you...

This has me a bit confused:

Embraer emphasized that the Legacy 500 and 450 are speed stable by design

I think that must refer to failure / direct mode, as the videos look to me to show it controlled like a path-stable airbus (not like 777).