[Da Coyote]

With Airbus, the pilot is a voting member...with obvious results when flying in thunderstorms.

With Boeing, the pilot is the commander.

‘Nuff said.

[jimt]

With Boeing, the pilot is the commander.

When I worked there in the 80s, I was astounded to find that the controls were triply redundant, and that there were literally cables running through pulleys, etc., from the cockpit to the control surfaces. A fully manual control.