RTM Boy :
The problem is the big picture, not the setting of trim.
Absolutely . we see this in other industries and probably this Boeing issue will act as a wake up call for every company that put commercial interests and costs above a safety culture.
The passage in the recent Seattle Times and the drawing on how DER and AR worked was an highlighter : the AR had to submit their comments to management before going to the FAA was made to be allowing exactly this : making sure management commercial views and schedule were not compromised. This is for me the real issue, MCAS or trim are just the by-products of this philosophy..