No American bashing here, DH call. I just got a little annoyed by the repeated references to the V2500 as a product designed and/or manufactured by Airbus and the subsequent questioning as to why Airbus failed to redesign the offending parts.
I would certainly not suggest that the V2500 is anything than a good and reliable engine, proven over many flight hours, as are the CFM products, resulting from a joint-venture between Snecma from France and General Electrics from the United States.
And I’m sorry if putting the facts straight has hurt anyone’s national pride…
Now, in this particular case and at this stage, most sensible people would not discount the plain good old “human factor”. We’ll see…