Emit
Would stick shakers, interconnected yokes or simple old fashioned flight control systems have made any difference?
How much difference do the side sticks, detents, laws, sub laws, modes, conditions that only occur if the plane above a certain speed, hight, wheels down etc etc etc etc etc etc make? Im not saying these things are totally useless but a modern western commercial plane with significantly less of these complexities does not have a noticably higher accident rate? Does does the extra complexity counter their potenial benifit. Genuine question.