Mxsmanic wrote:

Eeyore writes:

It's not a mistake, it's the reason they're jockeying with Boeing for number
one supplier of airliners,

I don't think so.

The efficiency of their wings has been another factor in their success too.

Whatever you happen to think, you're not going to turn the clock back regarding
FBW any more than cars are going to re-start using carburettors instead of fuel
injection driven by ECUs (or cockpits are going to regain flight engineers).

Graham