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Joe,
Lock to lock to lock to lock etc etc....
Depends on where you want to draw the line....
Do you expect to do a full a control deflection repeatedly in all three axis...
Sorry for being ignorant but a full up down up down up on the roll control might not be the best idea....granted it should damage the controls not lose them. I'm also not certain that the NTSB recommendations involved strucutral changes more proceedural changes..
Whether or not 'we' think its reasonable or not is totally irrelevant.. the reality is that those who are 'in charge' thought it was 'acceptable' and certified it..so where does the responsibility lie....
Was flight test (either US or European lacking in completeness) or did they , as you have stated simply not believe that a pilot would do the lock to lock etc with a full load...so it was not tested.
Also its amazing that of all the Airbuses of that version flying this is the only incident of its type...which does not exonerate the aircraft or the pilot..but makes the unique combination an issue...
It may well be that Airbuses generically need more rudder than others, and why not.. but one hopes that since this incident the rudder effects and their use have been more thoroughly examined and established...to avoid this which like the 737 issues shoukld never have occured regardless of cause.
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