The press do not provide FACTS, they provide rumour and pure
speculation.How anyone could quote the press as being the only
source of real information available is WRONG. Most of the facts
have been posted in this discussion.
What should be discussed is the dilemma faced by the Captain, the definition of a tailstrike, the companies involvement, cabin crew training for such events and so on. CX does need an audit and these issues need to be resolved. People, aviation is a very
dynamic constantly evolving business.
What its developed into is not always SAFE. Blind adherance to
SOPS cannot fix every possible problem.
Commonsense and airmanship also need to be discussed on this
forum, command of any aircraft is not about total reliance on the
BOOKS.
Every trip made on an older aircraft is still a trip to MARS, after all
no-one has done it before. I mean that seriously!
Who knows what will happen to a tired older AIRBUS particularly
on a flight sometime in the future.
None of us have been there yet.