Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
I guess you don't like the 777, 787 and every modern fighter and the C-17, either.
Very different logic in the 787 verses the airbus. Also very different logic in FBW aircraft I flew. They are many types and implementations of FWB systems. Airbus designed their system to be cheap and easy to manufacturer. They could have included a rate motion feedback loop but they chose not to. They could have included back driven controls but they chose not to. The could have allowed pilot selectable modes but choose not to. Nothing wrong with what they did. They built it from the start to be the hamburger helper of the airline world. For the most part it's worked out for them. Best comment I heard from a several thousand hour A330 pilot when asked how it flew, "I don't know I have never flown it!" You will never hear a 777 pilot say that.
They do have great cockpits and it's a nice work space.