Originally Posted by Dozy
Unfortunately this also happened to coincide with the introduction on the A320 in the late '80s and early '90s, which may have served to reinforce the perception.
- indeed it did and made it worse, and before that all pilots KNEW that they could stall an aircraft (and did as we know) by 'mishandling'. Following that they were told they could not (I have lost count of the number of the blatherings about it I heard from those operators in the 80's) and unfortunately a large number believed it. I hope that cult memory is slowly being eradicated, and as I said before, that both AB and AB pilots are having some serious thoughts about the way they present and operate the type. I suspect/hope this and the PGF crash have opened a few eyes. The parallel I draw is the driver I saw last winter here who, dazzled by the brilliance of the 'perfect' ABS in his car, was amazed when it let him slide into another car on sheet ice.