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I've never seen anyone blame the crew, as it was recognized from the start that this was probably MCAS. I've seen, and personally believe, that a more experienc

I've never seen anyone blame the crew, as it was recognized from the start that this was probably MCAS. I've seen, and personally believe, that a more experienced crew could have saved the flight, but that's different from calling this crew incompetent. I wish the article was clearer on what procedures were followed that didn't work. Did the crew follow the runaway stab trim checklist? If so, then that's really bad for Boeing, but I can't find anything specific yet.

windexh8er 8y ago
> I've seen, and personally believe, that a more experienced crew could have saved the flight, but that's different from calling this crew incompetent. I think this jump is unfair. It's easy to say this but the reality of the matter is that all public information we have points to a system that should have been redundant wasn't, a system that was in place (MCAS) was not as well known or understood as it should have been to pilots, and we also know Boeing (just like Volkswagen) made an explicit choice to cheat with the explicit goal of profits. Except in this case Boeing's choice directly led to hundreds of immediate deaths. This last point is why I, personally, think your comment is unfair. You're dismissing Boeing's mistakes but accepting all of the pilot's. Someone at Boeing in executive ranks, like Volkswagen, needs to go to prison if they are found guilty of neglect. As should the employees of the FAA who approved flightworthiness.