Boeing's big bet

[GogglesPisano]

Airbus is stuck in the past too. The mealtray with a weight limit of 120 lbs? Please! If anything, maybe a deuce or deauce-and-a-half!

Agreed.

 

[Orionflyer]

I wonder what the passengers of Air France 447 thought about sidesticks.

 

[TWA Dude]

The mealtray with a weight limit of 120 lbs? Please! If anything, maybe a deuce or deauce-and-a-half!

I disagree. I wouldn't anyone, er, anything greater than 120 lbs on the tray.

 

[GogglesPisano]

I wonder what the passengers of Air France 447 thought about sidesticks.

I wonder what the Colgan pax thought about yokes. The safety records of Boeing vs Airbus are almost identical. That leaves cockpit comfort as my prime consideration in what office to inhabit for 8+ hrs.

 

[Andy]

I disagree. I wouldn't anyone, er, anything greater than 120 lbs on the tray.

I was ROTFLMAO over Datas post; hilarious. But yes, I've rather refrain than have a deuce on the tray table. Deuce and a half??? Time for Data to start picking up international trips.

As a die hard Boeing Man, I get to fly with a lot of guys with Airbus experience and I would have to agree, not a single one has said they prefer the yoke - the simplicity of the Boeing functionality yes - but never the yoke.

Bring it on I say.

fv

I've liked Boeing's quality compared to Airbus but having a yoke is like watching TV on a black and white TV set.

I wonder what the passengers of Air France 447 thought about sidesticks.

The aircraft stalled out. And you're implying that the stall was due to sidesticks?
Please don't start a Ginger vs Mary Ann thread. I'll reluctantly accept a Bewitched vs Jeanie thread. ... my vote's for Jeanie.

I wonder what the Colgan pax thought about yokes. The safety records of Boeing vs Airbus are almost identical. That leaves cockpit comfort as my prime consideration in what office to inhabit for 8+ hrs.

Goggles; I always enjoyed reading your posts. The difference in cockpit comfort is night and day. When I went to the 75/76 after flying the A319/320, I felt like I was stepping back in time 30 years because of the yoke.

 

[Midnight Flyer]

And it STILL has a yoke.

Are you suggesting having a yoke is outdated?

Real airplanes have yokes, Microsoft Flight Simulator has a joystick.

 

[Andy]

Are you suggesting having a yoke is outdated?

Real airplanes have yokes, Microsoft Flight Simulator has a joystick.

Were my first three posts on the subject too obtuse for you? Yes, a yoke is outdated.

I don't play Microsoft Flight Simulator but it also has a yoke. http://tinyurl.com/3saje6r

 

[Midnight Flyer]

Were my first three posts on the subject too obtuse for you? Yes, a yoke is outdated.

I don't play Microsoft Flight Simulator but it also has a yoke. http://tinyurl.com/3saje6r

Yokes are not outdated; real planes have yokes.
Keep on riding around in your Airbus. Pretty soon airbus will design a pilotless cockpit and guess what, you'll be forced to use a yoke again when you transition back to a Boeing.

 

[Andy]

Yokes are not outdated; real planes have yokes.
Keep on riding around in your Airbus. Pretty soon airbus will design a pilotless cockpit and guess what, you'll be forced to use a yoke again when you transition back to a Boeing.

Gotcha. Airbus is working on unmanned aircraft; Boeing is not working on unmanned aircraft. http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/05/04/boeing.phantomray.unmanned.stealth/index.html
I'm sure there'd be no technology transfer across Boeing subdivisions.

 

[TWA Dude]

Yokes are not outdated; real planes have yokes.

... said the pilot who's never flown a FBW plane with a sidestick. And I hope you haven't offended any F16 pilots.

 

[n757st]

As said above, I have yet to meet a person who HAS FLOWN BOTH, but still chooses a yoke.

 

[8vATE]

3 engines...

Forget about how cool yokes are...


How about a something with big swept back wings, three engines, climbing and descending at .80... cruising as fast as you wanted (as loud as you could stand in the cockpit)... and a wing that turned itself in to a giant barn door.

Yea.. I'm talking 727. It had a yoke...

Would I want to go back to flying 8 hour hard time days in it? No. But it was coooool.

Now I sit around and watch the weather channel on tv and have my feet in stirrups... yiiichhh.

 

[Data]

I disagree. I wouldn't anyone, er, anything greater than 120 lbs on the tray.

Doohh!

 

[Midnight Flyer]

Forget about how cool yokes are...


How about a something with big swept back wings, three engines, climbing and descending at .80... cruising as fast as you wanted (as loud as you could stand in the cockpit)... and a wing that turned itself in to a giant barn door.

Yea.. I'm talking 727. It had a yoke...

Would I want to go back to flying 8 hour hard time days in it? No. But it was coooool.

Now I sit around and watch the weather channel on tv and have my feet in stirrups... yiiichhh.

smartest comment I've heard all day

 

[instructordude]

I wonder what the passengers of Air France 447 thought about sidesticks.

???

How the h#ll would the passengers know if it was a yoke or a sidestick if they were sitting in the back??

Idiot.