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I am not concluding anything. I am saying that the available evidence presented so far seems to point to a deliberate act by the co-pilot. There is NOTHING in the evidence so far that points to the historical mechanical problems with this particular plane.

Your experience as a pilot is mildly interesting, but it gives you absolutely no additional insight into the cause of this crash, however desperately you want it to add weight to your comments.

You and I both have the same evidence about this particular plane crash. It is entirely possible that everything we are hearing about this crash is a complete lie, but you have no evidence of that and the fact that you are a pilot has no bearing on the validity of the information presented so far.

[Thermalseeker]

Actually, no, we don’t have the same evidence. You see, I have read every accident and incident report associated with the A320. The carrier I flew for before I retired offered type rate me in the A320. I declined based on the accident data. (and I’m not the only one)