NTSB concerned about rudder sensitivity on Airbus narrowbodies

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/08/06/345900/ntsb-concerned-about-rudder-sensitivity-on-airbus-narrowbodies.html

Similar circumstances between the November 2001 crash of an American Airlines Airbus A300 and a January 2008 in-flight upset of an Air Canada Airbus A319 have prompted US safety officials to urge EASA to modify large aircraft certification specifications to limit rudder pedal sensitivity.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause of the American accident was the in-flight separation of the aircraft's vertical stabiliser due to loads beyond ultimate design created by the first officer's unnecessary and excessive rudder pedal inputs.