Well the guy doing the simulator replication used large amounts, not 1.2". I'm inclined to believe what the simulator did, not what the FAA report stated, as all jets I know of work pretty similar. I do not believe the A300 uses 1.2" rudder pedal deflection to produce large rudder response at low climb speed. If the report insinuates this, it is written wrongly. That AA pilot on film was using large foot movements. Small or large anyway, there is no argument- the fin came off through overstressing because of large rudder deflections, not through any defect and not because it collected water. The only productive discussion is why was this technique used and are the implications of it understood by those who professed at the time to not understand the hazards involved. If anybody is still in doubt about the point, they should stop passenger flying forthwith until they are trained up.