Originally Posted by
SLF3
I find it incredible people are still playing the pilot error card. If that was the problem, would the aircraft still be grounded 6 months on, with no realistic prospect of flying (at least outside the US) this year?
As others have said: Exactly!
I note that the Langewiesche storytelling is having its rather predictable effect, serving to resurrect the pilot-error arguments and to provide them with ostensible "authority." Was that the intent of the piece? It's difficult not to come to that conclusion.