Tailstrikes
Regardless of anyones experience or 'airworthiness' it can happen
to any of us, at my airline we fly as one fleet the 757-200/300
767-200 and 400 aircraft with significantly different tailstrike attitudes ranging from up to 13 degrees on the 762 to a little over 8 on the 753.
Due to our pay system and it's unavoidable link to seniority our more junior pilots can go for months without seeing a 764 and conversely the senior ones will hardly ever see a 757, the handling of these aircraft is different enough to cause a surprise to anyone.
Our first -400 tailstrike happened with one of our most experienced captains who just transitioned of the DC10 and rotated the -400 in the same manner. Rotate a 767-400 like you
do a 767-200 and the same thing could happen to you.
Any kind of pitch guidance or warning would be most welcome. I think the newer Airbuses have some kind of 'soft' limit to guard against this. Didn't the original 747 have a warning system installed that activated the stick shaker, anyone know about this?