[AcerbicZero]

I strongly agree. I've read most of the other comments here, and as an armature pilot myself, I think most of the responses to you are missing the point.

Its extremely unfortunate, but these pilots had ~10 minutes of flight time between their request to return to the airport noting aircraft control issues, and their crash, during which they completely failed to follow their checklists. Lion Air put those under-trained (if we're being generous) pilots into that cockpit and they are the only ones who carry responsibility for this crash.

Its anecdotal, but most of my older flight instructors have been lamenting the loss of critical pilot skills in the industry, and this appears to be just another example of that.