Re: Experts
Perrin,
Going to call you on your statement "No manufacturer will ever ask you guys to fly in in a unsafe A/C if they knew it had a fault."
Turkish DC-10 1974
McDonnell Douglas knew that the door latch system was flawed back in 1969, Convair's Dan Applegate documented this in 1972 (Convair were fuselage sub-contractors).
McD ignored this and only made changes when the NTSB made them do so after two incidents, even then McD cosied up with the FAA who waived some of the NTSB requirements.
After the Turkish crash, McD implemented all the changes and re-designed the latch mechanism, did they know the system was unsafe, YES they damn well did.
FAA/NTSB disagreeing over the extent of fixes sound eerily familiar?