[sveng]

No, not mismanagement. Here’s my opinion:

There’s about 40 seconds before the aircraft becomes unrecoverable in these 2 crash scenarios. It’s not pilot error.

It’s design, software, certification subterfuge, lax FAA regulatory posture, and limited pilot awareness and superficial training. Roughly in that order.

Add to that desperation, in that Boeing was keen to catch up with the Airbus 320neo, and didn’t want to build (and certify) an entirely new aircraft.

Plus an extra sensor and related systems most US 737MAX’s have was an option, and at least the Lion Air aircraft didn’t have it.

Demonizing pilots or belittling the training of the LionAir and Ethiopian Air pilots is offensive and not supported by the facts.

This is going to get worse for Boeing. Their only saving grace is that the airlines and military need them too much.

<pilot; not ATP>