Embraer 170/190 Flap/Slat issues
First time poster, and long time "lurker".
I can't help but to notice the frequency of flat/slat issues with the E-jets. Avherald reports 13 incidents (appended below) since Nov. 2008 alone (interestingly, all of the incidents were in Canada). There's been some forum commentary regarding Flybe's flapless landing in 07 and Virgin's in 08. All begging the question as to whether there is a chronic issue here that requires addressing from our friends in Brazil. If I was Air Canada, I'd be pretty p.o.'d given the number of incidents they've endured.
Air Canada E190 at Winnipeg on Apr 1st 2009, flaps failure
Air Canada E190 at Winnipeg on Mar 31st 2009, slat failure
Air Canada E190 at Calgary on Mar 29th 2009, slat failure
Shuttle America E170 at Quebec on Mar 12th 2009, asymmetric flaps
Shuttle America E170 at Edmonton on Mar 14th 2009, flaps failure
Republic E170 near Indianapolis on Feb 27th 2009, flaps problems
Air Canada E190 at Vancouver on Feb 21st 2009, flaps problem
Air Canada E190 at Ottawa on Feb 6th 2009, slat problem
Air Canada E190 at Calgary on Jan 22nd 2009, slats failure
Air Canada E190 at Winnipeg on Dec 27th 2008, slats failure
Shuttle America E170 at Montreal on Dec 11th 2008, flaps problem
Air Canada E190 at Saskatoon on Dec 3rd 2008, slat/flap failure
Republic E175 at Toronto on Nov 13th 2008, flapless landing