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I'm sure they have; everything I've read about Airbus FBW is that it's triple-redundant.

Remember, with FBW, that's the plane's primary control system, so of course they're going to be ultra-conservative and make sure it's right. With Boeing's MCAS, it was tacked on at the end as a cheap hack to try to make the plane have the same flying characteristics as the older 737s. Basically it was an afterthought.

Also, Airbus has a longer history of pushing fly-by-wire.




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