Originally Posted by tsquare

In a Boeing, it doesn't even take any peripheral vision. You don't have to "look" over at the other guy's inputs to see what he is doing. Airbus was designed to be single piloted. That's the only way that setup makes any sense. You are forced to look at things in order to see what is happening to your craft. In a Boeing, where things move physically, your peripheral vision will catch any configuration changes with which you aren't directly in your line of sight. I don't have to look at the EICAS... ECAM.. whatever the french term is to know that power has been pulled back. As to your contention that the sidestick is safer, I think exhibit A (this discussion) would argue otherwise. If the yoke is in my lap, I KNOW what the other guy is doing. No guessing... no having to figure it out...

Originally Posted by NBC

"I think it would have been much less likely to happen in a Boeing because the control wheels are large; they are obvious," Sullenberger said. "I think it could hardly have been missed."