However, AA purchased A300-600R aircraft, then introduced very poorly thought out upset training, using the powered rudder in a totally inapporopriate way...and had a hull loss, with many dead.
IE: it wasn't the airplane (as other airlines had the type, and still do), it was the totally inept upset training scenario that American Airlines developed...that did the deed.
No doubt about it.
One key fact was omitted from the above comment - AA's flight training program for the A300 series aircraft was reviewed and approved by Airbus Industries prior to the airline's implementation. There was no contrary guidance issued regarding AA's upset recovery training from the manufacturer until after the accident.
The deadly tango of flight 587 did indeed require two partners - Airbus and American Airlines. The FO and the A300 were merely the shoes of the dancers.