Lyman, I said I wasn't going to get into this with you any more.
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Lyman
You are satisfied that Airbus is free of responsibility once AF has the SB? Two things of utmost importance are absent from that opinion.
No, that's quoting me selectively - I said Airbus cannot be held responsible for the somewhat lackadaisical approach to replacing the pitot tubes that AF took. Airbus are still on the hook for the pitot tube problems in the first place.
It was an unfortunate situation, but there was no cover-up here, no "unholy triumvirate". This was a problem that had a procedural solution while the mechanical solution was being applied - just like the long-dormant software bug in the 747-400's control logic that the BA crew recently discovered, a fix was designed and was in the process of being rolled out without having to ground the fleet. This is not unusual, it's just how aviation works.
Anyway, enough.