>I don't think I have run across any accident which militates as strongly in favor of Airbus's design as AF 447 seems to militate against it. The references I'

>I don't think I have run across any accident which militates as strongly in favor of Airbus's design as AF 447 seems to militate against it. The references I've seen to advantages tend to be more subtle than the AF447 tragedy. Things like the Hudson river landing where in that strange situation where you have no power the workload was diminished by having the computer keep the airplane flying most efficiently and thus be able to reach the river instead of crashing by losing airspeed. It also makes sense the advantages are less obvious as the flight envelope protection actively prohibits dangerous situations and you can't report on non-events. The stats also show Boeing and Airbus airplanes pretty evenly matched on safety.