Originally Posted by
Tomaski
In regards to the AA587 A-300 accident, the yaw doublet that led to the vertical fin failure was the result of a number of interrelated issues of which the AAMP training was certainly a part. However, there were also issues related to rudder sensitivity vs airspeed and Vm limitations that were not well documented in the existing manual which contributed to overcontrol/PIO inputs. There was a lot of good information in the AAMP videos, but the section on the use of rudder in large transport aircraft did not have sufficient warnings regarding the dangers.
That is simply not true. When is the last time you've watched them?
I've watched them recently, and Warren Vandenburgh
repeatedly urges caution when using the rudder because of the sheer size and force of it. Yeah he doesn't say "you might rip the fin off", but that wasn't known at that point - that you might cause the vertical stabilizer to fail even at relatively low speeds.
But there are multiple warnings to be gentle with the rudder in those videos, and certainly no suggestion that it's ok to repeatedly swing it from one side to the other.