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by SR2Z 28 days ago
Airbus aircraft are normally fly-by-wire and a system like MCAS would just be folded into the envelope protection that Airbus does. It's already very easy to cross-train from once Airbus to the next because FBW is used to give them all similar handling characteristics.

That wasn't possible in the 737 MAX because the airplane is an older design with hydraulically connected control services, so a separate system had to be added to force the nose down using the trim.