Originally Posted by bocastephen

.... but your pilot friend is putting on a brave face. There is a serious issue with these Thales systems, and with Airbus' approach to over-automating and over-computerizing aircraft systems in general.

As information about the wider impact of these problems gets out, rest assured there is debate among the pilots as to whether or not their aircraft systems are reliable and what operational measures they are adding for verification as well as emergency procedures to handle the loss of reliable airspeed information.