"Pete" wrote in message
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>> My point was that a FBW aircraft that did not have limiting software,
>> is wrong. I now see that the plane in question was not FBW.
>> "Nevermind! "
>
> Yeah, me too. I assumed all Airbus aircraft employed FBW. Mea
> culpa.
>
> But to start another flame war, maybe AA has a culture problem
> of ignoring manufacturers' advice. Remember that it was an AA
> DC-10 that lost an engine at ORD, and AA's maintenance practice
> of removing engines with a forklift was the culprit, contrary to
> McDonnell Douglas' advice.
>
>
> Pete
Perhaps it's not coincidence that AA is responsible for both the deadliest
and the second deadliest airliner crashes in US history (DC-10 in Chicago,
A300 in NYC).
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