XPost: alt.disasters.aviation, rec.aviation.piloting, rec.travel.air 
 XPost: rec.travel.usa-canada 
 From: nospam@nospam.com 
  
 > 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.  Sounds like Airbus shares 
 a lot of blame for the crash.  It's like an auto maker made a car that 
 sheared off its wheels if the steering wheel was turned too quickly, 
 and the maker's response was to tell drivers, "Don't do that!" 
  
  
 Pete 
  
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