Originally Posted by
WHBM
I suspect references to the aircraft as British are just a bit of shorthand, given that it's the first word of the manufacturers name; an A320 appears in the press as Airbus, not as Airbus Industrie.
@WHBM: barry may referring to "the culture of blame" issue in various places. As a point of reference, the midair over Brazil a few years ago. (Discussed in at least one thread on PPRuNe forums).