Olivier / Takata
You bear all the signs of an Airbus insider and since you seem to know what you're talking about I'd like to know how many incidents DIRECTLY related to the probes happened with other A330 operators.
Surely, it can't be a FRENCH curse, can it ? What are the, let's say 20 AF A330 compared to the rest of the world's fleet ?
One thing I can tell about Airbus is that in a way it sucks !!
I flew the 320 for 4 years, really enjoying it but totally unaware of the consequences of pitot problems. Yet, that's where it all started, on the 320 fleet.
I'm now on the 777 and I can tell you it is a very comforting thought to know the Primary flight computer switch off button is right above my head. A flick of a switch and I fly a " basic " airplane again.
This probably saved Malaysian over Australia in 2005 and could have allowed Qantas 072 their second dive.
Do you think Airbus would / will come up with such a feature ??? That would imply tons of humility, quality they've proved to be rather short of.
On the Airbus, you have to cope with whatever the aircraft decides to give you. That sucks big time.