why the name "scarebus?"

[KC-10 Driver]

Q: What's the difference between an Airbus and a chain saw?. .. .A: About a thousand trees per minute.. .. .Before I get flamed, be advised I flew the A320, and I really loved it.

[GlueBall]

More scary is to have rudder and vertical stab come unglued!

[Hand Solo]

Well that has broadly the same outcome as an uncommanded rudder hardover, except the hardover isn't triggered by pilot input.

[Buster Hymen]

The new generation Airbus a/c auto stall protection is inhibited <100ft rad.alt. otherwise you would never be able to land ,but the Habsheim pilot "forgot" this when he pulled the sidestick full aft to show how smart the aircraft was...................
Airbus IS good technology -you just have to make a little effort to understand what your flying,respect the equipment and resist the temptation to go that bit further at airshows-every year that kills people...

[Knold]

If we're gonna keep this up I might mention the time Airbus was demonstrating the 320 for an airline up north. A holding was demonstrated, this worked only the bus didn't want to leave the holding. I think they were in there for 45 min or so.

Or we can mention the time when a 340 started to dump fuel for no reason. They had to shut down the #3 ENG to make it stop.

[Hand Solo]

Yeah heard the holding one before. It's not true and anyone who had even half an idea of what an Airbus is about would know its impossible.

[Jetavia]

Have also heard the holding story, but it involved a Conair A320 (Premiair) being stuck in a holding in Southern Europe. Took ground techs and airbus an hour to come up with a solution.

True or not I don't know !

[Hot Rod]

Interesting with those rumours....
Can anyone who was flying 320 for Conair at that time or anyone flying for that fueldumping-340-airline at that time post a reply telling us the real story...
Or maybe someone who worked for Airbus...
Or maybe someone from Boeing since another rumour says that they planted these funny stories...

[WhatFlare]

Airbus crashes are down to lack of understanding of the a/c and lack of situational awareness. All the stories about not being able to exit holds etc are chinese whispers.

[Zeke]

Jetavia,

The only time I know of an airbus being held for 1+ hr is due to atc, sorry the AB cockpit automation does not have a solution for the mess europeans airspace is.

Knold, if the issue you mentioned did in fact take place would you can to indicate the whereabouts of the AD that came out as a result of this hyperthetical major defect.

The only people who seem to lable them scarebus at the moment is the senior marketing managers at Boeing who are getting scared by the bus looking like they will outsell them and out produce them.


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[Crusty Ol Cap'n]

The first time I heard the holding story it was about a Turkish 737 EFIS at Glasgow.

Some time ago an Airbus employee showed me an article on these urban myths. There must have been close to fifty of them.

[loggerhead]

747flyboy, What Monarch were you working for???

We do however have a couple of A300-600R G-MONR "Non Runner" and G-MONS "Non Starter", but even so, their names are unjustified...