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The Conundrum Of American Airlines Flight 587

Steve Scott

Monday, January 31st, 2005

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Better Pilot Training or Aircraft Design? Editor's note: Equivocation about Pilot-Induced oscillation (PIO) aside, the ability to inadvertently induce destructive yaw loads upon the Airbus A300 tail fin still exists, argues Martin Aubury, former head of Aircraft Structures at the Australian Civil Aviation Authority, and a university lecturer on structures at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) and the University of New South Wales in Sydney. PIO is a euphemism for Aircraft-Pilot Coupling (APC), or "rudder excursions." PIO, as well…

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