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Subject: Re: Co-pilot error caused AA 587 crash Posted on: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:41:27 +0000 (UTC)


"Pete" wrote in message
news:51xfd.7887$KJ6.88@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> But Molin didn't know he was putting more pressure on the tail than
>> it could bear. Why he didn't -- and who's to blame for that -- is the
>> subject of a bitter fight between Airbus and American.
>
> I thought that was one of the main advantages of fly-by-wire systems,
> to eliminate truly stupid actions of pilots.

The A-300 is NOT a fly-by-wire aircraft.

Keith