On one hand, their quality control, engineering etc has been declining, not to mention the suspicious deaths of whistleblowers..
But on the other, the fact that each pilot can see and feel immediately what inputs the other is applying is such a huge advantage compared to airbus’ fly by wire.
There are at least 3 accidents on airbus planes which can effectively be attributed to dual input. Loss of situational awareness, highly technical changes in the way the aircraft controls (why would this ever be a good idea), given certain circumstances.
Imagine dying because of the different between ‘pull down’ and ‘push down’. On a boeing, when the captain pushes the nose down, you see immediately what he means. On an airbus, you’re dead by the time the captains input override is acknowledged.
There are definitely pro’s to the airbus system but why cant we add input feedback?