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Old 3rd Jan 2013, 15:41
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Originally Posted by A33Zab
A350 will have a 'rumble-stick' in case of dual input.
Bet it cost more to implement and certify for civil aviation use than a trip to the Toulouse branch of "Game" though!

GF - you seem puzzled as to why they're not doing everything you ask. Last I heard you didn't work for Airbus engineering, so I'm at a loss as to understanding why. Interconnection is not objectively better no matter how much you and others claim it to be so.

Statistical comparisons of the sort you're making are fairly meaningless - the only way to make it so would be to build exactly the same number of T7s as A330s, have them flown by the same airlines on the same routes, with the same pilots trained to the same standards and have the flying conditions be exactly the same for each of the flights. If you wanted to be really accurate you'd also need a control group of the same number of, say, 767s and A300s (non-FBW types) flown in the same manner. Real-world conditions however would make such experiments practically impossible.

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