I think we're talking two entirely different scenarios here, one where the flight crews have been trained to overcome the problem and one where the whole friggin tail falls off and only Superman can land the sucker. If the tails were falling off the 737's I think the pilots would want to ground them which hardly makes them biased against Airbus products. Jose Prize Fan of staying off A300-600R's until they know for sure what happened In a message dated 1/26/2002 8:50:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, lansbury@hammy.org writes: > Subj:Re: AA and or Airbus Trouble Ahead. > Date:1/26/2002 8:50:18 AM Eastern Standard Time > From: lansbury@hammy.org (Dave Hedges) > Sender: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU (The Airline List) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:lansbury@hammy.org";>lansbury@hammy.org</A> (Dave Hedges) > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > > In your message regarding Re: AA and or Airbus Trouble Ahead. dated Fri, = > 25 Jan > 2002 12:21:17 EST, Juan Carlos Gideon said that ... > > >JCG- Pilots say that what > >JCG- happened in NY with the A300 tail snapping off, could happen = > again > >JCG- > > What has happened with the 737-300 un-commanded rudder movements could = > happen again. I don't see US pilots calling for those to be grounded. Am I = > being cynical in thinking this has something to do with the aircraft being > an = > Airbus. > -- > > > Dave Hedges > LHR > www.uk-air.net > > >