https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/...-boeing-crisis
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When the Lion Air crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 revealed the existence of a flight control system operating in the background, which Boeing and the FAA had not revealed when the MAX 8 was introduced, pilots felt betrayed, as if Boeing had secretly abandoned its guiding design principle and lost faith in pilot skills. In actuality, Boeing’s trust in pilot skills likely buoyed a system design and roll-out strategy that appears to be at the root of two recent MAX 8 crashes.
Boeing’s critical mistake may be in assuming a worldwide standard of pilot competency that doesn’t exist.
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I ran across this today. One theory is that of course American pilots are good enough to deal with runaway trim, so Boeing figured no big deal
