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Clearly you have a better understanding of this than I.
Regarding reference 1 Thanks for pointing out the VFE aspect. My mistake.
Regarding the BEA report. If I understand you correctly you are saying that the quote in the report is taken out of context and that a better reference is the FCOM limitations buffet onset graph which shows examples of "M" buffet at .82 and 1.75g AND "Low speed" buffet at .58 and 1g.
So clearly the A330 does experience high speed buffet.
Correct?