Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I see they focused on rudder trim and the jet appears in the FDR to have had 8 or 10 degrees left rudder trim for takeoff. On the A330 rudder trim is checked by the takeoff config warning. Is that not the case on the A320?
I must be dense, because I do not see any rudder trim indication on the FDR excerpts they published. Where are you getting that from?
And yes, per the Vol2 the rudder trim is monitored by the takeoff config system, and it would have triggered on both the Config Test and thrust lever application.
Here is an interesting commentary about the incident -
AA300 A321 JFK