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I cannot agree more. After the 1st crash you would think every pilot would have become familiar with this system and how to override it. The stuff that has come

I cannot agree more. After the 1st crash you would think every pilot would have become familiar with this system and how to override it. The stuff that has come out from the most recent crash shows that the pilot was read through manuals trying to understand what was happening. Given the most recent crash, why would he not think, hey lets disable this new system because my plane is acting in the exact same way. I am not saying that Boeing is not at fault for poor training or documentation but if I was flying the same plane as one that recently crashed I know I would have known everything I could about that crash before I lifted off in that same model.

faizmokhtar 8y ago
Not likely. When the first crash happened Boeing try to shift the blame to Lion Air citing lack of maintenance and what not.
jiqiren 8y ago
As many report have already mentioned: the MCAS is not in the manuals.
CaptainZapp 8y ago
After the first crash Boeing should have pulled that plane out of service, period. It shouldn't be up to pilots to try to find workarounds for rotten engineering. The first crash can be chalked up to engineering errors, corner cutting and the desire not having to retrain and recertify pilots. The second crash is outright criminal by Boeing, for not immediately pulling that plane out of circulation after the Lion Air disaster. Regardless of the cost (which will be much, much more expensive after crash 2). Their cozy relationship with the FAA also didn't help and I hope the people responsible pay dearly for that. Throwing the pilots under the bus is how they tried to handle that PR desaster. Doesn't seem to work well, though.