Originally Posted by
robertbartsch
If BEA allowed AB to say that, after reviewing the data, no modifications to the A330 are needed, that would imply to most people that the accident was caused by pilot error; right?
It might if they had done that, but they haven't, so it doesn't.
AB released a statement saying that
at this point in the investigation no new modifications were advised. That does not preclude modifications coming out of the detailed investigation further down the line. It also does not preclude modifcations that have already been advised, and in fact in this case modifications already
have been advised (and in fact were advised before the accident - AF had not implemented).
Even if the only thing that went wrong with the a/c was the pitots, that is still the a/c as part of the causal chain.
people now believe that BEA must also think that no a/c modifications are necessary.
Only idiots can believe that since it directly contradicts the evidence - BEA
have already recommended a/c modifications as a result of this accident (and previous incidents). BEA might believe that no
further modifications are necessary - but that is an entirely different proposition.