411a,
Much of the information REQUIRED to do what you suggest was NOT provided by Airbus. Sorry dude, but them's the facts...
The other cases of overloading the tail did NOT come to light untill the NTSB got them.
AA's manuals were in accordance with the factory manuals. I have a copy of the factory manuals on CDr, and they incorrectly describe the rudder load limiter system as would be applied to this case.
Furthermore Airbus's own published procedures had a case calling for "alternating sideslips" in the event of a problem during manual extension. To the best of my knowledge all manual gear extensions were so far trouble free, but sooner or later this would have come up there as well.
That procedure as since been DRAMATICALLY modified.
This is a problem that was somehow missed by the engineers. But rather than try and correct it, (which can be done with a software change) Airbus is gonna save face till the end and claim there is nothing wrong with the airplane, inspite of the overwhelming evidence.
411a, If AA is as bad as you say, how come this problem hasn't reared its head in any of the other aircraft in its fleet (which number more than 20 times as many)
Cheers
Wino