In your message regarding Re: AA and or Airbus Trouble Ahead. dated Sat, = 26 Jan 2002 20:52:04 EST, B787300@aol.com said that ... >B- I think we're talking two entirely different scenarios here, one = where the >B- flight crews have been trained to overcome the problem and one where = the >B- whole friggin tail falls off and only Superman can land the sucker. = If the >B- tails were falling off the 737's I think the pilots would want to = ground them >B- which hardly makes them biased against Airbus products. >B- Several 737 have crashed or been effected by the rudder problem. Just = a couple of months back an Easjet 737 suffered while taking off. It was lucky it = was near airborne as it veered off towards the side of the runway and = couldn't be stopped. The scenarios may not be identical but end the same the plane = hits the ground. Exactly how many A300s have lost their tails so far. A lot less than = 737s with rudder problems. Heck even a 767 delivered to China has been found to be full of bugs -- Dave Hedges LHR www.uk-air.net