Wonk's First Rule of PPRuNe
"As of November, 2018, any thread containing the words "737" or "Max" will, before being terminated by the moderators and before reaching a maximum of 130 posts devolve to an ongoing argument over whether or not the pilots were solely (or significantly) responsible for the Lion Air and Ethiopian crashes,"
It should be noted that while Wonk is excited to publish Wonk's First Rule, it remains really unfortunate given that this thread raises a critical flight-safety issue, no matter who is doing the flying, and as fdr has (as always) eloquently identified there is (and should be) a long and ongoing discussion about what the ramifications of a horizontal stabilizer that can be frozen in place within the operating envelope of the airplane are for operators and pilots of the 737.
Of all the post-Lion Air threads this is the one that is most critical to stay alive. If you need/want to argue about blaming the pilots I suggest you go to the ET thread, where there are literally thousands upon thousands of posts for you to digest one at a time. Here the discussion should be about the completely anomalous discovery of the inadequacies of the trim system in post Classic 737s, a discovery that places the airworthiness of not just the Max, but the NG in doubt as well.
Warm regards-
dce