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Old 28th Sep 2011, 08:00
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Hang on a second. How can using the trim tab at speed, which then breaks off NOT be a design flaw?

My reading of those comments from Matt Jackson come across as "these aeroplanes are safe, it was the pilot wot caused the accident."

Which is invariably the reaction after any accident when the pilot is not around to defend themselves. He sounds as if he's parceling blame over to Leeward to protect the rest of the class.

The old "it's purely pilot error" comments are invariably rubbish. There maybe an element of it, but for it to be the be all and end all is generally not usually correct.

Matt Jackson should probably learn to shut his face and wait for the actual report to come out.
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