DR DAVE
Would like to be your patient. Sounds reasonable.
FLIGHT SAFETY
"Findings:
14. Because of its high sensitivity (that is, light pedal forces and small pedal
displacements), the Airbus A300-600 rudder control system is susceptible to
potentially hazardous rudder pedal inputs at higher airspeeds."
As someone who logged quite an amount of hours on that AC I do not fully agree. But keeping the big picture in sight as you say its probably a contributing factor and therefore I will swallow it.
As there has been an amazing misunderstanding of rudder application and limits to that in our pilot community we all might
gain some profit from the NTSB report for a safer future operation.
Fully agree with your post. Therefore: Last post concerning AA 587.
Regards