Boofhead, I'm frankly surprised at your post, not least of all because the argument has been discussed in hundreds of posts.
gums even stated that he may not have known what was going on, and even Sully has said that it would 'probably have claimed him. Yes, a 9-second run is too long to ignore, but it followed not only STS pulses but a slew of other jarring distractions. We need not just more training, but a world-wide increase in the experience on the flight deck. It will be interesting to see what the major symposium on that very subject comes up with.
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It's strange how the word Ethos springs to mind, both when thinking of the culture of Boeing management and the steel cable from stem to stern. That cable was a promise cast in stone for many years and it seem ironic that honoring that promise of a manual link to the tail may cause more damage to Boeing than generations of deceitful managerial bullying.