Spoke yesterday with a relative who's a flight attendant for another carrier. She's going with the wake turbulance theory without a shred of doubt, and is not at all surprised it happened. Swears the Airbus is pure junk. Flying (usually) trash, although that wasn't quite the adjective, and every pilot that's ever flown one knows it. They hate to fly 'em, and the flight attendants hate them as well.
She also remarked that wake turbulance is very scary in a decent plane, let alone an A300, 320, 340, or whatever.
Swears the Airbus is pure junk. Flying (usually) trash, although that wasn't quite the adjective, and every pilot that's ever flown one knows it. They hate to fly 'em, and the flight attendants hate them as well. Nice to hear that flight attendants are supporting the explanation that'll discourage fewer people from cancelling their airline reservations. Now can you post the actual statistics on the safety record of this "junk" aircraft? I saw some that indicated the Airbus did not have a safety record that was worse than other manufactures. Anyone know the FACTS? Go ahead, someone: don't be afraid to "confuse" this "tinfoil hat conspiracy nut."
I find it inordinatelyhard to believe pilots would justshut up and fly if they truly thought Airbuses were "pieces of junk".