XPost: alt.disasters.aviation, rec.aviation.piloting, rec.travel.air 
 XPost: rec.travel.usa-canada 
 From: devil@attglobal.net 
  
 On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:01:02 -0400, ouch wrote: 
  
 > "Pete"  wrote in message 
 >> 
 >> 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). 
  
 I suspect the "culture problem" may not be too far off the mark.  It's a 
 "we know best" thing.  A degree of arrogance perhaps? 
  
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