Originally Posted by
Tomaski
I quite agree. Personally, I think it is very unlikely that MCAS will ever cause another aircraft accident. However, I think it is almost certain that in the not too distant future there will be another novel malfunction on another aircraft with another crew, and the specific training issues that I mentioned will be a factor in how well that crew responds.
No disagreement with that. I just wanted to say that some malfunctions -- notably those related to automatics not understood by pilots -- can be very difficult to recognize and react to, and that training to deal with those is especially likely to be inadequate.