Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Now, the reason I asked is that there seems to be a rough split, in that actual pilots seem to be more likely to be critical of the crews actions whereas the non pilots, indeed non aviation posters, seem to be blaming Boeing more. I find this interesting.
I will also make the observation that much of the critical commentary toward the crew's action is focusing on their initial response to the event (stick shaker at rotation)
before they ever got to the point where MCAS activated (flaps retracted). Up to that point, there was no significant difference between how a MAX responds vs an NG, so you can't really pin their initial response on Boeing's hash job with MCAS. The fact that these crews were struggling with basics of airmanship and compliance with a well known procedure is suggestive of an overall human factors issue.