Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
Langewiesche.articles ( remember the AF447 one) are written like mini-novels , with drama, adding personal " human " quotes, and therefore they are well received by the public . The problem here , like in the AF447 and the MH270 ones , is that he speculates a lot and present some of his ideas , or even rumors as kind of facts.
That said , his audience is the general public, not aviation professionals..........The actual quality of the pilots is not the real problem in Indonesia, as this article would want the public to believe. I think this article is just preparation work to reassure the US public that it will be safe to fly again in the max in the coming months because they will be operated by US pilots. .
Clever.
Agree, that article looks like a softening up prep for the public in North America. I feel for the flight crew who will have to fly the damn things or walk away from their job. It plays on the meme of ‘foreign pilots bad, our pilots good’ especially when you read the last line of that article.