Dozy, you said.....


"As far as I'm aware there have been no hull-loss accidents related to the failure of a FBW system in the 24 years they've been flying commercially"

Failure, perhaps not, but I think we can all remember one instance of a " functional FBW system playing a large part in downing an airworthy aircraft...
they aint perfect things

I'm not sure what you're referring to - could you enlighten me?

I don't think anyone's saying any system is perfect...

24 years is a lot of time and many hours of service :)
DW
Well after 24 years of non events in the FBW backyard .. this mean (I understand .. you mean) .. perfect .. no ?
Or you mean .. we must waiting ... 24 years more and maybe a failure causing a hull-loss for say it's not perfect ..... :confused:

No! All it proves is that the system is no worse than any other. Every system has its quirks.