Which is why I posted this a week ago:
Originally Posted by
Derfred
The only thing that has been released in the media is the Boeing AD regarding MCAS. It hasn’t been concluded that MCAS was the primary cause of the accident, however, given the publication of the AD, it has been the main subject of conjecture on this forum as a “contributing factor” (thank you lakedude).
Most accidents prove to have several “contributing factors”, and I’m sure this will be one of them.
I would suggest that the eventual analysis will include other contributing factors, including the quality of maintenance (given the evidence of the previous 3 sectors), and the quality of training (given that this event should have been survivable if indeed it was only an air data problem).
I don’t work for Boeing, but given the track record of this operator, I am really surprised at the outburst against Boeing on this thread. Boeing is not in charge of maintenance standards or training standards at customer airlines. If you want to buy a ticket to fly on a low cost airline, you carry a risk. Until the planes start crashing, low cost operators will continue to reduce standards. Eventually they will reach a point where the planes start crashing, and tragically, people will die. I will leave it to the community to decide when that point has been reached.