Comment Re:Don't forget the spin (Score 1) 389
Had this been a permanent failure of the air data computer, an airbus pilot has no way to override the aircraft's intentions and recover from the dive. An airbus pilot can only watch, as the airplane says, "No, really, I'm stalling, I have to hold the nose down and pick up airspeed!".
Uninformed poppycock.
Airbus aircraft can be switched to a mode called "Direct Law".
In that mode, the control surfaces correspond 1:1 with the stick.
http://www.airbusdriver.net/airbus_fltlaws.htm
There have been aircraft accidents where an Airbus aircraft has crashed in situations where a Boeing aircraft would have been flyable by a human pilot.
No, there haven't.
Your citation is conspicuously absent.
And please don't troll with the Habsheim crash, which would have ended same (worse) if you tried the same insane stunt with a Boeing 737.