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The yoke/sidestick is really a superficial difference. Though I will also point out that anybody that is good at the 10 differences puzzles will call bullshit o
by danachow 4y ago
The yoke/sidestick is really a superficial difference. Though I will also point out that anybody that is good at the 10 differences puzzles will call bullshit on your claim they aren’t very different - in appearance at least - just look at the primary flight display. More relevant, look at the autopilot stack - they not only appear different they have some deeper fundamental differences in operation.
- jaywalk 4y agoOh come on. The PFDs are damn near identical. The biggest difference is that the Airbus attitude indicator has rounded corners while Boeing's is squared. That's an entirely superficial difference that changes nothing about how it works or is interpreted.
- danachow 4y agoYes, as stated, just like with the side stick/yoke it’s a superficial difference - but since you were making your case with pictures - whether they look similar or not really has to do with how detail oriented you are. Though you ignore the relevant point made about the autopilots. The entire workflow of the flight computers differs. And ask any pilot type certified in both, they typically have preferences. I’m not arguing these need to be made more standard but there’s a continuum where at one extreme the standardization is so rigid that muscle memory transfers from type to type. That’s not the case here at all.