You are probably right, but I am privately a bit concerned regarding the crashed Air France Flight 447, and the conclusions made regarding pilot error.
I can't shake the suspicion that the Airbus man-machine interface and programming is partly to blame - possibly only when pushed into an extreme configuration, and certainly just as a topping on other factors.
It's clear however, that it's politically and economically impossible to ground all machines made by the European union's prestige project, Airbus.
Fully agreed - shifting all the blame on the pilot absolves Airbus too easily.
Remember the AirAsia from Surabaya, where they got themselves into an upset because of a tiny crack in the rudder-travel limiter unit ("topping on other factors"), then apparently made basically the same mistake as AF 447, one pilot pulling full back all the way down.
I can't shake the suspicion that the Airbus man-machine interface and programming is partly to blame - possibly only when pushed into an extreme configuration, and certainly just as a topping on other factors.
It's clear however, that it's politically and economically impossible to ground all machines made by the European union's prestige project, Airbus.