It’s not often that you find yourself on the flight deck of the world’s most advanced passenger aircraft. But that’s where I am, flying west over Missouri, sitting in the right seat next to Boeing test pilot Randy Neville aboard the all-new 787 Dreamliner. (www.wired.com) More...
Thanks for the article, James. Makes me want to learn more about the fly-by-wire system! A bit of criticism over the article/author in the comments, yet as a newbie to FA, I enjoyed it. Cheers.
Even though they may both be great systems, seems to me Boeing has the safer of the 2 should something like AF 447 happen again. At least the both the left & right seat know exactly what's going on with the controls... just my 2 cents.