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Old 13th August 2012 | 23:42
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DozyWannabe
 
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While I understand the point you're making with your post, in the long run it doesn't really help matters. The vast majority of those who subscribe to the belief that Airbus FBW was intended to sideline pilots will not be shaken from that belief by the circumstances of the incident you posted.

Getting involved in a turf war between the two western airliner heavyweights is counterproductive. Saying that an incident would have happened in one type but not another is provably false - if it weren't then Airbus and Boeing would not have collaborated in a research programme to iron all the bugs out of their stall-related procedures in the wake of AF447.

At the end of the day, people are going to believe what they want to believe - you can only provide the facts and hope they are disseminated among those for whom safety is more important than politics and reach the widest possible audience.
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