have we forgotten the A310 that lost a portion of the rudder climbing out of Cuba?
This was after the American crash and pilots had all heard the claims from the American Captain who said the copilot used the rudder too much in the 727.
One thing to consider too is this. How many planes made out of METAL and not composites have had this type of inflight breakup due to use of rudder? (and not the 737, that was a different animal)
And if this dead copilot had been bad on the rudder of the 727, why didn't the system (FAA, Airline, APA etc) wake up and do some retraining?
While we can talk of rapid cycling of controls and potential damage from this, we do have to remember that the copilot was an airline pilot. Very few airline pilots over control for one reason alone...passenger comfort.