Originally Posted by
OldnGrounded
Yes, and think how much cheaper it would have been to require/provide the training and absorb the $1 million per aircraft penalty in the SWA contract, compared to what's been happening for the past year -- and isn't over yet.
On the other hand, in the light of what Boeing apparently had not considered in terms of single AoA input failure, I doubt whether the training at that time would have covered the accident scenario adequately. It for sure will now.