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Going off your quote it just looks like they're describing the symptom?

It’s a completely neutral statement, and air travel has a strong culture of not accepting “just don’t screw up” as a solution.

Airbus has a limitation on one of their airplanes for Rudder Range - https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2012/11/19/air...

NTSB is probably the best example of a safety investigation agency. Air travel in the US is extremely safe for many good reasons.