The skin on the United B744 near the APU appeared to be no thicker than expected.
And I'm sure the pilots would appreciate the company effectively saying "Look, we appreciate you're good pilots (or so you think), but realistically we expect you're going to have a tail strike or 3 during your career with us, so we've taken the liberty of having extra thick tail strike protection added to our aircraft so you don't feel so bad if you give it a thump on departure. Just try not to use it too much, we can't afford too many repairs"
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I am always hungry for a DoG Steak! :-)
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