If you were to poll a cross sextion of Boeing and Airbus (FBW) pilots you’ll find massive anti-Airbus sentiment from the guys who have only ever flown Boeings. If you ask guys that have flown BOTH types you will generally find a significantly larger proportion prefer the ergonomics of the Airbus. I was in the first camp before I joined the second. The problem is that there are alot of people who spout off about the wrongs of operating an Airbus when they don’t even know what the differences are.
When Boeing designed the cockpit of the 772, as it was, didn’t they consider going Airbus, but went Boeing instead? (Using the center column and such.) (I’m not provoking — just wondering if the 777s are more operator friendly than the Airbus counterparts.)
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