From: "Frank Haber" 

Which prompts me to ask...

Since our wigwag-tail_off A300 accident in Queens, I've wondered, with no
background in the field at all, whether Airbus has a history of cutting it
close on stress margins.  Years ago, Boeing had a reputation of building
'em stronger, and the perception was reinforced by the Hawaii 737
fatigue-related peelback incident.  My pilot friends used to hate the
A300's fly-by-wire for restricting their options in crisis situations,
instead imposing preprogrammed sets of actions.  Yet this is directly
antithetical to an A300's letting that copilot slam his rudder back and
forth in a resonant fashion.

This crowd knows all the technoid dirt in the world.  Anyone have a
background source?

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