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Re:Delays in Boeing Max Return Began with Near-Crash in Simu... by 0xffff2 on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:00AM (#21483460)
>go direct

That's not really a thing in modern airliners. The computer is still heavily involved even when hand-flying the plane.

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Re:Delays in Boeing Max Return Began with Near-Crash in Simu... by DuskStar on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:37AM (#21483865)
"Thankfully", the 737 series isn't a modern airliner, and isn't fly-by-wire. All control inputs are directly linked to the relevant outputs, though sometimes with power assistance.
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Re:Delays in Boeing Max Return Began with Near-Crash in Simu... by imglorp on Friday November 08, 2019 @01:16PM (#21485060)
It is on the Airbus, one of the control laws, see link above. It's still FBW though, so one might argue that "mechanical backup" is really what you want.

As for "modern", the A320 had control laws in 1984 and the 777 in 1994.

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