to all:
this is one of the few times I must disagree with the NTSB. I don't blame the copilot for this crash.
I've flown planes that have wonderful little gadgets called "rudder limiters", reducing the amount of rudder travel the faster the plane goes.
I've also flown a wonderful plane that had a placcard that clearly said: above 30,000feet limit control wheel throw to half travel.
Prior to this crash, I would have believed that the only rudder limit would be the VNE/Vmo speeds and the only other limit would be me getting sick from moving the rudder too much.
IF the airbus rudder will fall off and kill everyone aboard if the pilot kicks the pedals too much, then there better be a PLACCARD in the face of the pilots saying so.
Wolfgang was right, why do we need rudders? ( this is rhetorical and meant to make you think and not to be answered)