Originally Posted by
Kerosene Kraut
Blaming the pilots for some imperfect systems layout sounds a bit unfair to me.
Let’s again dispose of this canard.
It is interesting how the “Let’s not blame” defense only seems to apply to the flight crew. I don’t see anyone saying “Let’s not blame Boeing,” or “Let’s not blame the FAA.” In fact, the whole “blame” defense is utterly useless, because all it does is say that you don’t want to look at the errors that were made by a particular group. Well, that is not how aviation safety investigations work. Every link in the chain of causation is examined. This is not done to assign “blame,” but rather to identify causes and propose remedies.
Finally, absolutely no one is laying the MCAS design errors at the feet of the pilots, just as no one faults the pilots when any of their other systems go haywire. However, we absolutely should examine if those same pilots handled a particular malfunction to the standards expected of them as professional aviators.