A Boeing would not have intervened in the situation at all
OTOH it's probably a lot harder to "jam" a camera into the center stick of a Boeing than it is into the side-stick of a Bus.
OTOH it's probably a lot harder to "jam" a camera into the center stick of a Boeing than it is into the side-stick of a Bus.
I truly don't understand the Airbus approach... There is no method of resolving conflicts between the sticks that make sense... Sum them? Average them? Take the last seen input? Prefer the left side always?
In the AF 447 case, the left pilot did take priority, but the dude on the right took it back. Had the left one taken it and held it (by keeping the button pressed), the accident might have been avoided. So the system is hardly foolproof, and one can argue about the particular implementation of the interface and the merits vis-a-vis hardware-linked yokes, but any notion that Airbus haven't thought carefully about it is complete bogus.
http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/3455/why-is-the-...
Multi-master is a tricky problem to solve. When it comes to flying a plane, sitting here in my armchair, I think the the simpler solution (linked yokes) is likely the better one.
So:
* KISS... but:
* Airbus engineers are certainly aware of it, though... but:
* they have thousands of Airbuses deployed out in the field though with the current tech, so it's unlikely to be changed anytime soon.
Is even more training the answer? Dunno.
My take:
Today's jets are incredibly well designed and safe. If something goes wrong, though, still better to have rather competent crew sitting at the pointy end.