Originally Posted by
A0283
What surprises me most, since the Lion Air crash, is how very very very far Boeing and the FAA are behind in this. Historically Boeing has often been ahead of events (having the benefit of validated information of course). Viewed from the outside this is a watershed in Boeing culture. In the coming years we will find out if this has anything to do with the move to Chicago, or that they have just been surprised and startled by social media speed.
This MCAS system was half-assed designed... behested on only one AOA sensor, which is simply criminal. They did not think it fully through, by any means. Nor were they weren't true to their philosophy, and took a poke at Airbus' philosophy, and it is gonna bite them.