Quoted from a Wagon guy

("the only thing "real" in the
cockpit is the doorknob ??")

(This finding on US1549. makes it sound as if the river
landing would not have happened with a 737. They would have made it
back to the airport.)

Consider that Flt 1549 that landed in the Hudson River had the left
engine at idle all the way to the water. It wouldn't come out of idle
because all throttle commands come from the computer. The throttle lever is only a request lever.
It's only hooked to a rheostat. Same with every flight control; gear, flaps, spoilers etc. etc.
The pilot had no direct control of anything. The only thing real in the cockpit
is the door knob. The pressure probes for both engines were probably clogged with bird guts so the computer was protecting the engines from overboost by keeping them at idle. I found the engine tear down and inspection results on the internet about two months after the crash.They were torn down at GE's facility in Cincinnati.
One engine had A broken stator vane and one bent fan blade and very little bird
residue. Neither of them would cause a shut down on a Boeing.
Since most foreign airlines flying Boeings have always had at least
one Gringo in the cockpit, Airbus thought they could capture a large
part of the foreign market by building airplanes so automated that
third world idiots and stone age towel heads could fly them,
saving their companies millions.

How's that working out?
Just my 2 cents.. what a POS software program

I got that email, too, a couple of weeks ago. I figured if it was real, airliners.net would be abuzz with the discussion (A Vs. B), but found nothing (related). There are people in the know that would be speaking up rather loudly if this were really the case (I'm thinking) so I didn't post here.

Like 'most' everything else on the internet, it might be 'real'-it might be bullshit.

I'll stay tuned.....
lc