Will all due respect some posters who are not in the industry, this is a technical discussion for knowledgable individuals who operate at a level substantially beyond layman "conjecture", just shooting the breeze about a subject they have no specialized knowledge of. It takes years of training and experience to understand the nuances of accidents. There are many on this forum who have been involved in aviation at the highest levels of piloting, accident investigation, training human factors and maintenance, some with experience of 60+ years.
We study and discuss accidents so we don't become the subject of a thread on PPRuNE. If you cannot help this process, then you are probably a hinderance contributing. Certain contributors indicate that they don't even the first level of understanding of what they don't even know. We are happy to answer questions*, although almost everything that has come up on this thread with the exception of the MCAS is extensively documented, just a google search away.
Questioning the prudence of certain causes of action? We do not know what happened, we do not know what the crew faced on the day, we cannot yet even begin to decide what a prudent course of action would be. Even with the magnificent view of hindsight, many months to consider all options, we still may not know.
Pilots do not go to work to try and kill themselves and their passenger. We are ACUTELY aware of the responsibility for the precious lives that fly
with us. They are not our "customers",
they are us.
May I politely suggest that you follow the thread, read up on the
Dunning–Kruger effect, then use that awareness to *
Ask Questions The Smart Way. Then if you have something that can add value, improve our collective knowledge and enhance safety without clogging up the board and wasting bandwidth please contribute. The introduction in the second link will give you more insight into the learning process happening here, albeit from a different knowledge field.