[Servant of the Nine]

Gee, all that damage on an Airbus, and the tail didn't fall off?

Come on Nully, you're an engineer.
The trouble with early carbon fiber composites was inconsistency and unpredictable fatigue life.
I have never flown on any of the earl model Airbus planes for that reason. I also did my best to avoid the early production 737-200s for the same reason. I believe the Boeings have all had their small composite parts replaced with newer ones.

SO9

[null and void]

And the proof of this is that the fleet was grounded when a tail fell off and the crash killed a whole buncha people...