Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3354278)

Don't know what she said but it is not that hard. First of all nobody from Australia has any ground to stand on criticizing another country considering how utterly ridiculous it is over there right now. For a group of people to so freely give up their freedoms to power hungry politicians what right do they have to criticize? Secondly, if you take out all the gun violence from all the violent criminals who were given ridiculously small bails, or bailed out by a progressive organization, or let out of jail earlier than their sentence entailed combined with the violent democrat ran cities the statistics for gun violence takes a huge noise dive. Probably something along those lines.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 3353737)

Not really, the computer joy stick and the system it’s tied into is a rudimentary FBW system with zero feedback. 70’s FBW technology. It always functions through the auto flight system in a CSS mode unless it downgrades itself into direct law or you turn things off and force it there. For you Boeing guys CWS. I never saw anyone hand fly a Boeing in that mode. The funny thing is the more you move that stick the worse most people fly it as the computers are always trying to correct any attitude changes and you end up working against each other. I have watched guys steering that stick like they are trying to make whipped cream on a bumpy approach. I often ask them to let go of the stick. Things get much better. That’s why you see experience Airbus drivers simply bump the stick now and then when they want a attitude change.
The A220 is however a completely different FBW system that incorporates multiple feedback inputs through rate motion feedback and speed sense. To semi quote AvWeek the A220 tries to engage the pilot in what the aircraft is doing. The rest of the Airbus fleet tries to isolate the pilot. The 787 FBW system is similar to the A220 in design thought.

Originally Posted by Iceberg (Post 3354476)

When I disconnect all the automation and I pull back on the stick the plane pitches up. When I push the stick it pitches down. I’m able to roll the plan with side stick movement, and I can stomp a pedal and yaw it. The craziest thing happens when I pull the thrust back, the engines power down. It’s almost like it’s responding to my control inputs. I guess that’s not flying though…

Originally Posted by PNWFlyer (Post 3354582)

Originally Posted by hotmicoffNOW (Post 3355365)

Breeze is losing an A220 Cadre pilot at the end of the month… but yeah… no retention problems.

Originally Posted by av8tor106 (Post 3355403)

4 pilots gone in 1 day. among them 1 cadre. good luck Aussies seating reserve in ORF flying for Fabreeze Airways Charter Corp. ;-)