From //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=59659#59659 - branched off here to avoid more off-topic stuff.
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/Institution/Risks/COPY/16.16.html#subj3
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A320-Excalibur
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A330-Toulouse
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A340-Heathrow
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A320-Warsaw
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A320-Strasbourg
Apart from one vital matter of (literally) life and death. Neither a Luton nor a Mack truck are drive-by-wire:AdamW said:Now, the 777 has two of those engines. The A380 engines will be about as powerful, and there are 4 of them A380 is a manly plane. It's like comparing a Luton van with a Mack truck.
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/Institution/Risks/COPY/16.16.html#subj3
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A320-Excalibur
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A330-Toulouse
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A340-Heathrow
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A320-Warsaw
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/FBW.html#A320-Strasbourg