Originally Posted by
Dougdrvr
Why is it that the 777 pilots used by the media never expand upon the fact that on a FBW aircraft, the autopilot is, essentially, never "off" and the flight control computers are not located together or even in the E&E compartment?
The "media" has no interest in how a 777 works, they just want the sound bites that will sell ad space. Can you imagine listening to some dude from simulator land drone on about the ADIRU, 629 bus, PFCs, ACEs, and Redundancy Management? No way that discussion would sell cat food or tampons!