[Gandalf_The_Gray]

I believe that you and I and I would include "expatpat" are in complete agreement as to the nature of inertial nav systems. However, it seems the French pilots have different ideas as to how the magic behind the curtain really works. They also seem to agree that Air Bus has some major problems with instrmentation on the 330s, both hardware and software.

On a final note, would you feel comfortable flying in an AirBus 330, as a passenger not the pilot?

Regards,
GtG

[DuncanWaring]

I’d be a little leery about flying on a 330 ... there’s a fellow I used to work with who’s got 30 years experience building autopilots for Boeing airplanes ... some American Airlines A330 pilots he knows say the 330 is very difficult to hand-fly if the autopilot goes out (which appears to be the case on AF447).

Not good.