. AA 587 had also encured inflight turbulence that injured dozens of passengers 6 years prior and no inspections other than a visual, which we know are not valid now, were done. Airbus probably put pressure on the NTSB to blame the copilot until litigation against them could be erased under the statute of limitations law. I always felt Sten was the fall guy from the beginning. Why did it take 9 years to tell Airbus to fix the rudder system?