Originally Posted by
CONF iture
If dozy knows better than the AAIB ...
I didn't say that... But on the other hand I think we're reading different things in the report. I can see the brief mention of conventional controls, but I can't see the AAIB mentioning anywhere that conventional controls are better - you're reading your own position into it.
Anyway, are you really in the best position to comment on what's happening or should be done or not on a flight deck ... ?
Some guys around have Experience you know ... they can make such statements if they wish.
Of course they can, and I'd never presume to tell them not to. However, they must also accept that their position is not universally held, and the number of pilots who are happy with the Airbus layout is not just confined to the younger generation, but also top-drawer ex-mil veterans of the kind they refer to as "real" pilots.
Originally Posted by
Checkboard
It was designed because it is cheaper than conventional controls, and because they wanted a unique selling point. All of the "protections" are there as a simple requirement to overcome the drawbacks in the no-feedback concept - not included to help pilots.
That's a bit cynical. In fact, the R&D costs of developing the control system were pretty massive and had been ongoing since the '70s. They're easier to maintain and provide weight savings, certainly - but the main reason (as I've said before) was the potential for unprecedented flight deck commonality between types - in the sense that conversion across the range from the A320 series through the widebodies up to the A380 is massively simpler (and thus more straightforward and less expensive) than for any of their competitors.
The protections do far more than overcome the drawbacks, particularly in terms of offering safe manoeuvering authority across the full range of control inputs, useful in avoidance of terrain and mid-air obstacles.
Originally Posted by
aerobat77
you have just to accept that your stick and the stick of your buddy may perform differently.
Indeed - it's not about size, it's what you do with it that counts (or so my wife reassures me...
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