So moggie,
Though boeing said no problem, they atleast did something. Airbus's reaction to the 737 crashes if they were airbus aircraft would simply be that its the pilot's fault.
Tell me what airbus has done? That is the problem. They just said, the pilot did it and there is nothing wrong with the plane and done NOTHING ELSE!
This is not a protectionism debate. I know that no airplane is perfect. However, it is airbus's position that no crash has been anything other than the pilot's fault. That is the problem that they refuse to address.
Airbus could fix the rudder load limiters fairly easily by either further limiting the rudder at high speeds (simply a software change, which would effectively prevent this from ever happeneing again) publishing limitations that are far more accurate than what is published now, or reducing the breakoutforce and or increasing the force to reach the stop at higher speeds (again a software change to reduce the chance of a Pilot Induced Oscilation).
You in your complaint against airbus bashing which you claim to be based on where you live ably pointed out the difference between the two companies. Boeing did something. Airbus did not, even though they knew about the problem atleast 4 years in advance.
Cheers
Wino