Originally Posted by EAL747
I am not potshotting the crew of AAL; my comment is just to always evaluate any possibility outside what the FAA and company manual dictate. That's what we're paid for......
Problem was a broken spray deflector possibly caused during pushback. It had hooked around somthing up in the wheel well and no amount of G was going to release the nose gear (or should I say passenger aircraft acceptable G). There are so many different scenarios that are possible it is always my policy to NEVER potshoot.