Unfortunately, due to lax statements by NTSB reps. and the usual ignorant press reporters the pilots are already being blamed for this accident in the US press. Along the lines of "actions of the pilots caused the rudder to fail".
I would welcome opinions on my thoughts. Following a couple of loss of control events our company started, quite rightly, to train recovers from upsets. At some point the use of rudder became a PRIMARY recovery aid to be used in all circumstances where roll enhancement is needed. I have always felt that the rudder should be used with extreme caution because of the danger of overstress. Unfortunately, because we have never had a rudder break off during simulator training we are, I believe, encouraging pilots to take actions which could lead to rudder overstress during flight. I sat in on simulator training recently where FULL rudder was applied at 300 + knots!
What do other airlines teach?