I suppose my problem is that, as a pilot, the only thing I see when I look up
info on maneuvering speed is something along the lines of " the maximum speed
at which full control travel will not cause damage to the structure". I have
never seen any fine print or exceptions, nor do I see that it is limited to any
particular axis. So now that we have an accident related to this we now have
all the experts to tell us how we had it wrong all these years. I wonder, what
will the next accident teach us about our incomplete knowledge of how these
flying machines are designed?