Originally Posted by
roulishollandais
Dozy will surely say it was the case with Asseline !
No - in that case he was let down by his employers (whose briefing material was woeful), but nevertheless was lulled into a false sense of security by believing he knew the aircraft and the systems better than he in fact did.
I think Airbus pilots are bad informed and need to (re)learn physic of flight.
Why more so than pilots on other types? As far as I'm aware Airbus has made no claim to have overcome the law of physics! The idea that Airbus FBW goes hand-in-hand with automation with the intent of de-skilling pilots is very much untrue.
And automation engineers have to learn about flying and rapid decisions.
I don't understand what you're getting at here. Automation (of the flight management type) in the FBW Airbus types is no different to that of any other contemporary airliner.
Public was made with around 30 persons in charge of computer divisions of the greatest french companies...
But the Airbus FBW and FMS design was not carried out by "computer guys" and management alone. The man with the final sign-off on the system was universally regarded as one of the best and most respected test and certification pilots to come out of the UK, and you're besmirching his memory to claim otherwise.