After an exhausting session with Victoria's Secret Police, Ron
Parsons confessed the following:

The NWA pilots were screaming their heads off about the wierd stuff that
the FBW baby busses were doing, but the FAA turned a deaf ear.

Got anything specific WRT this claim? Not saying weird stuff doesn't
happen, but the pilot grapevine never reflected anything resembling
NWA pilots "screaming their heads off" and the FAA ignoring them.

I'll be the first to admit that lots of stupid pilot/airplane tricks
never make it thru to the rank and file, but I've not seen any sign of
your claim on the ALPA site or the NWA forums.

Many of us call the A-320, "Fifi" (IOW a french dog or the Poodle in
deference to United guys and O'Hare's ground controllers calling the
737 a Guppy) ergo the A319 is a "minature poodle." This is no more
mean spirited than F-15 guys calling the F-16 the Lawn Dart, Viper
guys calling Eagle guys, "Ego drivers."

Juvat