Simple fact is Airbus FBW is a different philosophy. It is completely different from the trainer aircrafts a pilot learns his craft on. It is not only thrust but vector stable behaviour also is different than what you get to learn during your transition to commercial pilot. It all started in 1988 and the order book of airbus in 2015 is pretty impressive. That shows this philosophy is here to stay and is successful. It may not be technically and commercially possible to mix and match different concepts and commercial success obviates any need for that. Humans will always like and dislike things. It is a good topic for discussion but non airbus pilots or who detest it's concept should not hijack every topic airbus pilots are discussing towards their favourite past time of airbus bashing. Because it defeats the purpose of the original post. Start a new thread by all means. Also the opponents add nothing new and keep chewing the same bones.