Originally Posted by
tsquare
I love an airplane that I actually have more than a vote as to it's position in the space time continuum.
It's a Boeing, or....
Yoga helps though.
Ah yes, the world's biggest lie! The Airbus envelope protections. Tell me, when is the last time you needed to exceed 30 degrees pitch up, 15 degrees pitch down, or 60 degrees of bank in an airliner? In my several thousand hours flying them, it has never happened. The only reasonable scenario for this would be an unusual attitude recovery, and should you be thrown in such a scenario in the Airbus, you WILL have full authority to recover the airplane.
And, contrary to popular belief, I can even fire all the electrons and fly the 'bus just like a "real airplane"!! Yes, it is still FBW, and my stick inputs are processed by a computer and sent to the flight controls ... but the same thing happens on FBW airplanes like the B777, B787, E170/190, etc. It's just the size and shape of your stick that's different. Can't speak for you, but I'm not hung up on that sort of thing!