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Old 30th Dec 2012, 08:39
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The AB FBW controls with all their complex protections and laws obviously work OK in normal situations and statisically there seems to be no fundamental issues with the system however there seems to be some agreement from those who fly the plane that there are some refinements that could be made. No device made from a complex system of interacting mechanical and electrical components is perfect. There is always room for improvements. With any breakdown, failure or crash there is an opportunity for improvement and refinement. The requests from the AF pilots union seem like a good list of sensible refinements. The AB engineers may have all ready been looking into these points. At the end of the day we must learn and improve the product so there is less opportunity for further accidents. I hope AB don’t try to save face and insist their existing system is perfect. I hope they can be professional, look at it objectively and refine their product to make a better,safer plane.
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