We end up at my basic criticism: CHANGE SOMETHING. Do not simply write additional procedures shoving down additional workload to pilots at awkward moments and by that absolve yourself of responsibility. That is despicable.
This thread is about Airbus, so forget Boeing for a moment and join us in applying pressure, for the sake of safety.
If the Airbus FBW concept was immature, and the incident/accident rate high with few aircraft, I might agree.
It now very roughly covers 50% of the civil airliner flying. I would therefore suggest the technology is proven safe. Not 100% safe, nothing is. Therefore the only changes I think we will see will be incremental tweaks, not the fundamental redesign in either hardware or software you seem to seek?
Only my guess, I have say 8k hrs on FBW Airbus. Yes, for handling I'd rather the 757 I've also flown, but I have no
safety concerns about the Airbus. Although of course today's events might alter things
