Originally Posted by
dead_pan
Another SLFie who may be stating the obvious, but surely the goal of any airframer is to produce an aircraft that even the minimum standard of pilot can fly and have a decent chance of successfully troubleshooting in the event of something going awry? Not prejudging anything BTW
Therein lies the problem. What would be
your minimum standard? Aviation authorities have different standards. Do you happen to know what the FO had for total flight time? And what was the Captain's total time in airframe? If you take the time to discover these significant facts, then
that should scare you.
I'm not letting Boeing off the hook for such a poor design, but there's a reason that several other crews have documented this very issue and landed safely.