....I am still waiting for a Bill Hough statement on this alarming news story.... Bill, will you please take the floor. Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA Not a fan of AirBus anymore if they are what is implied.... --- Chris Wallace <edwardwallace@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The actions at Airbus were absoultely disgusting. > Why were > they warning AA pilots not to make strenuous rudder > movements? Perhaps because they knew of the > possible > consequences?? It's probably because the cost > involved in > design changes would slow them down in their race > with > Boeing. In an emergency, a pilot is likely to do > whatever he > (she) can to correct the situation. Airbus > should've > designed the tail structure better so that sudden > rudder > movements in emergency situations would not > overstress it. > > Chris > > No fan of Airbus! > > > > "Airbus understood that losing a tail fin would > prove > catastrophic. Even so, they kept their concerns to > themselves > until after a tail fin did break off one of its > jets, causing > the second-worst aviation disaster in U.S. history." __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com