Originally Posted by
SeenItAll
Banana: Just to note, "aircraft malfunction" can be due to some design fault, some structural or software failure, or perhaps shoddy maintenance. Calling the problem that is not tantamount to blaming Airbus. Indeed, the famous AA DC-10 crash out of ORD was not really due to any McDonnell Douglas fault, but improper technique used by AA engineers to replace the port engine. So cool your presumptive jets and wait for the investigation.
Might as well be. As far as I know Airbus had to change put in place some changes more than once after some events. Like the LH overran in Warsaw and the LH wing strike in Hamburg.
My point was that also with the Atlas Air there have been assumptions about the FO's ability without waiting for the preliminary report, because allegedly he was pushed by the HR dept thanks to his race. Many said he was also fired by TWA in the 90's. I call that, with all due respect, BS.