Originally Posted by PJ2
but as you point out, the airplane is certified.
- perhaps relevant here, PJ, is that 'certification', being a human function, is open to errors and omissions as with the EasyJet ACBus1 electrical failure and the 'certification' of the CFM 56-3 to highlight just 2: can we be sure that all handling aspects have been fully 'certified'? Was the (possible) loss of 3 ADUs and aft CofG considered? Was it this crew who did the flight trials? I fear my trust in the 'security' of the inspectors' stamps is less than yours.
Perhaps we will never know, sadly.