Renanim, you said 'Boeings have been pulling g's well in excess of design limits for years.They're built stronger.'
That is presumably not the same Boeing company that had:
- a 747 disintegrate over the South China Sea for no discernable reason (and this is not the first 747 structural problem surely?)
- a 767 crash due to uncommanded, in-flight reverse thrust operation
- a series of 737 losses due to rudder reversal
- a 737 go 'cabriolet' near Hawaii, with the loss of a flight attendant
- a Boeing-repaired rear bulkhead fail on a 747, with the resultant loss of the aircraft
Presumably that was a different Boeing?
Not trying to devalue any of these tragic events, just to point out that Airbus is not the only imperfect manufacturer of aircraft.
Dr Dave