Admittedly my experience with the bus was short lived because I got displaced pretty quickly. It took me a little longer to wrap my arms around it than I thought it would. Perhaps that could be because I was coming to it from the -9 which is still one of my favorites....lots of times I think I should have stayed on the -9 until it was parked.
Anyway, there were a lot of things I liked about the bus. The obvious are the table, the overhead panel, the FD size, the comfort, etc. The less obvious things are the way it landed, the unobstructed cockpit view, the comfort of the passenger cabin, the air conditioning system, tillers on both sides, flight path angle option, and a few others.
Some things I didn't like....the FMS, the thrust levers (no manual override like the Boeing with out turning them off), the way the flight director and auto thrust can really screw you when hand flying with 1 FD on and the other pilot's off, hand flying it in general was kind of boring, the Fisher Price thrust reversers, the Fisher Price brakes, landing it in a crosswind.
I was indifferent in the stick v yoke dept. I think both Airbus and Boeing (at least the 757/767) have good but not great VNAV systems. Plenty of room for improvement with both. In the end, I'm not a convert in either direction. Lots to like and things I would like to see improved on both the little bus and the 75/76. It would be interesting to talk to a A320 pilot who had also flown the 330 to see if Airbus made improvement to the big sister the way people say Boeing fixed all the 75/76 glitches in the 777.
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Seggy did you know there is an empty trophy case in the VT football office that has a sign in it that reads "reserved for future national championship trophy." True story. Thankfully it's still empty.
