[TylerE]

A big part of why Airbus can get away with it because of their control model. It's total fly by wire, so a given input will result in the exact same roll/pitch rate, vs on a Boeing where the inputs map to control deflections. So Airbus gets "flies the same" for free.

[wombatpm]

Of course Air France 447 shows how the aggressive auto pilot pilot training methodology leads to a different failure mode

[Maken]

Do you have more info about this? Sounds like a interesting design decision (I'm not a aeronautical engineer).

[TylerE]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_control_modes#Flight_mo...

If you read all the way down to "Direct Law", which is the most degraded of all the FBW modes, that's how a Boeing normally works.

The Airbus system really makes life quite easy in a lot of ways... the aircraft will fly the exact same at maximum and minimum weights, etc.