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Originally Posted by sdeason1
okay so the question is was it plane failure or pilot error?
from what i understand is that airbus uses a stick ala the old days, sopwith camels, while boeing uses a yoke for steering more like a car steering wheel.
any flyers out here?
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From what I'm told: Of course both use autopilot, but Airbuses rely waaaaay too much on autopilot and the flight computer, and in fact will not allow a pilot to override it in many cases; Boeing takes a different philosophy and allows pilot judgment to override flight computer or fly the plane without the computer. I've been told that if the flight computer goes out on an Airbus, the plane is toast as the pilot can't fly the plane without it. It's called "Fly by wire," though I don't know what that means exactly.