Boeing's big bet

[eaglesview]

The yoke is all about the feedback. When the autopilot is turning so is your yoke. The guy next to you is doing something on his side, you can see it on yours. the Boeing keeps you in the loop. This is the same reason for moving auto throttles, it is one more clue to what the heck is going on. Also that wonderful little red button that actually does turn the auto pilot off. It's all about pilots vs system managers. I am also willing to bet even with all the bravado, nobody in this country has ever needed that 120lbs capacity, for anything other than a flight bag.

If they made a side stick that did the same, bring it on.

Another opinion by someone who obviously has not flown the bus. I and most people I fly with use "the little red button" all the time. Auto throttles come off too, flys nice.

 

[eaglesview]

You do know that Boeing's goal was to achieve a common type for the 787 with the 777? Kind of a nice selling point to customers to reduce training costs, etc.......

The FAA/EASA may have had an issue with the two having different control set-ups. And like Fr8Master said, the engineers did not like the lack of visual feedback with a side stick and went with a control column way back wehn with the 777.

But does anything really matter except what the negotiated pay rates are going to be???

Side stick transition takes 15 minutes tops. Yoke in the 787 was a poor desicion.

Agree with the last line though!!!