[flipper35]

I see the problem as training methods and cockpit management issues and it applies to any manufacturer. In the AF447 case the pic was panicked and did not listen to the more senior officer and there was lack of communication as to what each was trying to do.

Pilots get used to the airplane doing the mundane stuff and the junior pilots react differently than seasoned pilots. From AF447 to the crash in San Francisco the pic did not realize what the plane was telling them.

Could a jr officer have made the same landing as Sully in the Hudson? Probably. Maybe not as smooth but they would have probably gotten it down. Would AF447 have crashed with Sully? No. Even the captain of that flight realized the situation shortly after coming to the flight deck and if either of the other pilots had been pic I doubt it would have crashed. Had the aircraft been a Boeing for AF447 I don't think it would have crashed either because the 1st officer would have known the position of the flight controls the entire time.