HtH the point about FBW was made to show the hazards of over-complicated basic controls. In normal mode, pulling the side stick right back wouldn't stall the aircraft, but with the air data discrepancies the software had gone into fallback mode where the flight envelope protection was inoperative. I guess the pilots didn't know or realise this. As SS says, the fact that one pilot couldn't see what the other was doing to the primary flight controls was probably contributory.
As I said at the beginning, I am not against technological advancement, but it should be incorporated with a clear sense of the benefits and down-sides, (with the latter outweighing the former) not just because it looks all shiny in a glossy brochure.
Glass cockpits: the NH90 felt clunky compared to the 225, though to be fair the latter obviously has much less kit to interface with. Never mind, could be worse, could be like an S92!
Last edited by HeliComparator; 23rd April 2013 at 10:39.