Well neither of you were there, and neither of you know exactly what did or didnt happen or what the pilots did or didnt do to fix the issues.
I dont beleive the situation was as simple as you would like to make out.
You have the benefit of sitting there smugly, saying, I would do this or that, or they should have done this or that.
They were presented with a situation that they were not trained to respond to, or even told it was there or what it did, such was Boeing's arrogance.
There was probably confusion, lack of information as to what exactly was happening, and therefore confusion of what to do to correct it, and at the same time not making the issue whatever it was, worse.
If you are unlucky you may get the chance one day to prove to the world just how wonderful you both are.