Originally Posted by
rydabent
Always blame the pilot.
I wasn't doing that. I stated improper training, which was one reason for the disaster, the training did not correctly teach the pilots how to not overuse the pedals to apply the correct amount of force so as to not cause the aircraft to lose directional flight. The NTSB identified this as a problem with both the information Airbus provided to American as well as the training American provided to the pilots. My take was a bad design on Airbus to allow that amount of rudder control where it would exceed the design strength.