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Old 27th March 2010 | 15:02
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My guess would be that since the 319 and 321 are much newer variants then Airbus simply decided to not `revisit` the certification process and leave this anomaly in place.
Remember the A320 was certificated in 1982!
The 767 was a few years before that with fail-operational autoland and three autopilots.

The L-1011 was certified with fail-operational autoland circa 1970.
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