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Sidestick Airbus concept suppress information of great value for a crew.
You say "suppress", I say "supplies differently where that information is indeed necessary". The flipside is that the sidestick system comes with safety features and benefits that are not available with interconnected yokes - this is also a fact.
@Organfreak - as many very experienced pilots have opined that it might not make a difference as have that it might. This isn't a "failure of logic" on my part either, I know full well the posting histories of some of those I'm talking to - some of them have outright accused Airbus of being in cahoots with airline beancounters to sideline pilots. People asking "why won't they interconnect the sidesticks?" not only seem wedded to the idea that interconnection is a positive in *every* case (it isn't) - but, as importantly, don't seem to have grasped that interconnecting the sidesticks would defeat several safety features inherent in the design.
Regarding "every possible safety measure" being in place - interconnected yokes are *not* a safety measure by any objective standard. I know you're a Boeing man, but give a little ground here, eh?