Let's face it, the fix is in and nobody cares. Pilots with the right suff are going to pretend they are sure can fly this thing when it fights them, airlines are going to pretend their pilots can fly it without additional sim training, and Boeing is going to pretend they fixed it, and the FAA is going to pretend it's fixed, and the Inspector General is going to believe that the FAA certified the type correctly the first time round, and everyone is going to kick Airbus very hard under the table to make sure the Europeans accept the fix.
After reading this forum, I have come to realize that pilots are smart professionals who care bout flying planes, but do not understand that a bad design puts them in a bad place, and every pilot is convinced that *he* would find the right solution to the mechanical issue that killed his colleagues. The first pages of Tom Wolfe's book The Right Stuff come to mind.
Edmund
PS. I say "he" on purpose. I think the female pilots are probably less testosterone-fueled.
Edmund