Moderation
The circumstances that led to this incident (that is, the A330 L/G problem at Caracas) seem to be reasonably well understood.
I doubt that many major airlines could claim never to have had a case where a possibly-damaged aeroplane has been cleared by outstation maintenance staff for flight back to base without proper inspection.
It is not unreasonable, however, to comment that Air France seems to have had a higher than average number of serious incidents and accidents in the last 20 years or so.
It was also not unreasonable to comment that pieces of A4 paper left outside in South-East England for 24 hours in April of last year failed to accumulate any visible ash dust from the Icelandic volcano, whether the paper was white or black.
Evidently, however, it is quite acceptable on this thread to post remarks deeply insulting of the French culture in general, and its pilots in particular.
Lemurian, unless and until the R&N Moderators rethink their criteria for intervention on these threads, you and I – and the majority of normally fair-minded readers and contributors – are probably wasting our time here. And take note of what ATC Watcher has said.
Chris
PS: This was originally post #82.
Last edited by Chris Scott; 3rd May 2011 at 17:32.
Reason: PS added.