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First, nobody leaves American for Delta or Delta for American, certainly not because of perceived safety issues. There were no known rudder issues with the A300 until the New York crash. In the aftermath, Boeing came out with technical information that indicated that their aircraft were not certified to withstand the rudder inputs made on the ill-fated Airbus. That said, I hope Airbus goes bankrupt, but not before JetBlue.
B757's and B767's are, by far, the aircraft with the best track record in history. The B757 has experienced only 3 non-terrorist accidents in its 20-year history. All three were pilot/human error. None were in the U.S. There has only been one non-human induced B767 incident, and that was in the mid-80's shortly after production. My recollection is that was an engine reverser issue. Both models have power to spare, excellent electronics, are stable in poor weather, have responsive rudder, aileron and elevator control, and, not unimportantly, have a superior brake package.
So, the drunk guy was right, but I seriously doubt a Delta pilot has ever had a 3-day layover in SJO and am extremely skeptical that any pilot has ever spent "a few years" at American and then jumped ship to Delta. And, if he really flew the A-300, he would have needed considerable seniority which makes his jump even more improbable.
All that said, I am in no way admitting publicly what my profession is or, especially, who I work for. In fact, if VB doesn't get rid of that reference, I'm going to tell the gambling authoritiies all about him!
Regarding my further south exploits, the advantage to Rio, BA and Sao Paolo for me is the time. At those venues, I have 36 hours to drink, eat and covort, repeat, repeat, then go home. I do miss VB holding afternoon court in the BM. Maybe this month...
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SlickWings
Seems like I spend half my life drinking, gambling, and mongering. The other half... I waste.
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Heavy drinker from what I could see. 
The scary part of our conversations came when he started talking about aircraft he had flown. 
He was with AA for several years flying the A300 and 737 he left after several incidents concerning the rear tail stablizer not working under emergency conditions. 
Of cource I mentioned CRT and he said that he has heard of that website but hasn't joined yet. To bad for him!!!!
