Originally Posted by
armchairpilot94116
All true. Car manufacturers don't teach you how to drive either. Boeing and Airbus sell their planes and expect competent crew certified by their countries' authorities to fly them. All good, until it is not good enough. It would appear to be in the makers interest to hand hold at least some of their clients longer than others. There is a thought (not without grounds perhaps) that the Indonesian maintenance crew did not correctly identify or rectify the issues with the ill fated plane..
Cars are a consumer product, designed as such. But if you purchase a fleet of railway locomotives, or ships, the manufacturer will certainly provide extensive training and on-site support on their aspects, both for operating and maintenance.
As little or nothing was shared with the pilot group about MCAS, it is a bit difficult to believe that nevertheless there was full and complete documentation, procedures, spares availability, etc, about it provided to the engineering side. If anyone can post the Aircraft Maintenance Manual procedures for the Max for a "repeatedly moves stabiliser down" issue, different to "runaway stabiliser", it would be good to see them. Especially the bit about it using alternate AOA probes on alternate flights.