XPost: rec.aviation.piloting   
   From: Sm@rt.1   
      
   Mxsmanic  wrote in   
   news:dvd5p3hfg7qctnnh6s99cetuljjqin91a1@4ax.com:   
      
   > Eeyore writes:   
   >   
   >> FADEC happened long ago. It's nothing to do with Airbus.   
   >   
   > I was thinking about the general move to fly-by-wire in recent Boeing   
   > aircraft.   
   >   
   >> Do you think mechanical linkages are any more reliable?   
   >   
   > Absolutely.  How often have mechanical throttle linkages for all engines   
   > broken simultaneously in non-fly-by-wire airliners?   
      
      
   Why, you don't fly anyway...   
      
      
   Bertie   
      
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