“Airbus planes also have a nasty history of the tail coming off with Airbus rushing to bury the problem instead.”
And your proof of this is?
AA587 and AT961 should be enough, plus FedEx’s experiences with uncommanded rudder inputs.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/mar/13/theairlineindustry.internationalnews
Also, I can’t find it now, but there was a press photo of the recovered vertical tail from the Airbus that went down between South America and Africa. Looked almost exactly like the AT961 tail - no rudder and the vertical tailplane had separated from the aircraft.