Fly-by-wire is the term used to describe recent technological advances that have led to revolutionary changes to the way in which aircraft are flown. While in the past a pilots controls were manual, a fly-by-wire system sees the pilot’s movement of flight controls being converted by an electronic interface and then transmitted by a computer to the relevant part of the aircraft where the pilot’s command is carried out automatically. The consequence of this technology is that a pilot has even more precise control of an aircraft than before, greatly enhancing reliability, safety and stability.