not trying to find "excuses" for AF/French by doing so
Nothing to do with AF or BA
AF will make nothing (as other) if they are not constrained by the demands of regulators
Why "only" concentrate on Washington '79? Because it was the first/most impressive? Or because it suits the view that (all) the wrong doings lie on only the east side of some narrow sea?
Because BEA produced a report about this event .. and some recommendations .. but certainly not enough (they don't bother of the wings F.O tanks fragility and exposure)
http://www.bea-fr.org/docspa/1979/f-...f-fc790614.pdf
BEA - DGAC - and other regulators involved have not enacted binding recommendations
They introduced thus the luck as safety factor
Luck work fine ... for a limited time gap .. you can not always win the lotto
At Gonesse they no longer had the winning numbers
Nevertheless, all were cleared by the justice
Encouragement to continue business as usual