Originally Posted by
HundredPercentPlease
If we just blame the pilots for being a bit crap, then nothing in the industry will improve. We need to understand why these pilots, despite all of their efforts, could not keep the aircraft from the ground. Only when we understand, can we make the correct changes to stop it happening again.
If we just blame Boeing for being a bit crap, and ignore pilots, then nothing will improve, either.
Can we please focus on how we contribute to make the industry better (safer)?
I think that is what we're trying to do. It's not clear to me why the fault has to be all Boeing or all pilot. Why some say that as soon as the AOA vane went, the plane was doomed. To me both pilot and plane have some fault, and to be fair, part of that fault on the pilots may be due to insufficient training. But let's consider all possibilities without making offensive ad hominem arguments seen in a lot of posts on this thread. Then we may have the better understanding you mention.