With Airbus, the pilot is a voting member...with obvious results when flying in thunderstorms.
With Boeing, the pilot is the commander.
‘Nuff said.
What? Did you drink orange juice for breakfast, or drive in to work?
The Pilot is the commander on every aircraft. He makes the calls, it doesn’t matter in the least whether it’s Boeing, Airbus or a CRJ.
Boeing has been milking a design for 40+ years. That is PATHETIC. The 747 is older than the Space Shuttle. The technology available when the 747 was created is utterly obsolete now. Time to scap the 747, and move forward and actually INNOVATE.
The competition is there, they are innovating and creating competition on both the small (CRJ lines) as well as the large international (Airbus) side of the industry.
Boeing is tweaking 40 yr old designs. At this rate, they will be GONE in another 10 years (at best).