I do not trust any fly by wire system any longer.
Too many hackers.
Wait, what?
It was a B-737, not a B-787 or B-777, but even fly by wire can’t make stupid pilots good. 100 pilot error.
SWA morons are going to kill people.
“I do not trust any fly by wire system any longer.”
My understanding is that this plane is NOT fly-by-wire. Well, that is until ‘the wire’ decides to take over control of the plane.
” I do not trust any fly by wire system any longer.”
Then never fly on any Airbus those planes are only fly by wire they have no mechanical back up control systems nor any direct connections from the primary flight controls to the flight surfaces. In those aircraft the pilots ask nicely the computers which are really in control to.move the flight dynamic surfaces.
Every Boeing except for the 777 and 787 have direct positive controls from the primary flight controls to the dynamic surfaces with the ability for competent pilots to disconnect or disable any computer control or flight assistance software. This means even in a total loss of power or computers a Boeing is still being flown by positive pilot inputs. In an Airbus you are dead with a power failure as there is no mechanical links from the flight controls to the dynamic surfaces.
Even the 777/787 both have back up mechanical linked control systems for the fly by wire which itself is quadruple redundant, has it’s own double dedicated power suoply one dedicated turbo alternator in each engine, a third dedicated battery back up, access to the aircrafts separate battery back up and the ram air turbine as a fifth level. Even if all that fails the 777/787 both have hardware cables from the flight deck to the left and right main spoilers over the wings and to the left and right horizontal stabilizers. With those four dynamic surfaces a plane is flight worthy and under manual and total pilot control.
Yes I am a pilot (PPL,IMC,multi twin& turbine ratings) and my sister and bother in law are both aeronautical engineers and engineer&test pilot certified pilot instructor for Boeing. One the 777 and the 787 respectively. You are risking your life every time you get on an Airbus way more than a Boeing. I would rather fly on an airframe that has competent first world pilots who can take manual control and be real pilots vs an airframe that has no mechanical links to its primary flight controls. But to each their own.