> But if the EAD was not clear to a pilot, the pilot should request clarification. It's his job to understand it. It is not surprising that neither the communi

> But if the EAD was not clear to a pilot, the pilot should request clarification. It's his job to understand it. It is not surprising that neither the community of pilots, nor that of those responsible for training them, noticed that there was a problem here, given that relevant information was being withheld in some cases and downplayed in others, in order to give cover for the fiction that everything was the same as before. And even without Boeing putting itself into a conflict of interests, the policy implied by your comment is not how it works, and it would be a very bad policy if it were implemented. We did not get to the generally excellent safety record of airline operations we have today by manufacturers giving minimal or ambiguous instructions and partial information, and then leaving the pilots and operators to figure it out from there. > Note also that all three crews repeatedly were able to override MCAS and restore normal trim. And if they had gone through some training on how trim runaway caused by MCAS differs from other cases, such as that caused by the autopilot, they may well not have crashed.