vaPilot2004: It is always my intention to avoid any hint of libel, and also for our generous supervisors at Pprune Towers.
To be quite frank, my aviation reading on days off mostly includes Pprune, a little "Aviation Week & ST", "Flying" and the other Internet, i.e. 'MD-11' anomolies.
By the way, not too many years ago, "Aviation Week" stated that original records from TWA maintenance revealed that BEFORE the 727 flown by Hoot Gibson rolled into a dive over Michigan, there had been uncommanded LE slat problems...again, from dates before that famous incident.
Who had hidden those documents so many years?
I've flown nothing larger that the 757 and have no desire to. The smaller planes are more fun, serving large and many smaller airports.
I said nothing about MD-11 certification issues and
'possible' landing gear fatigue (PSP?). Nothing.