Originally Posted by
tdracer
Yes, the design of MCAS was poorly executed - and Boeing has paid mightily for that. But the Indonesian and Ethiopian operators screwed the pooch equally badly.
Spot on. The Lion flight was a test flight with unwitting passengers on board. A maintenance engineer was on board to “observe” in case the issue which happened on the previous flight happened again.
More sensible than avoiding the MAX is to avoid all Indonesian-regulated airlines. The kind of incidents that come out year after year show that the regulatory system is completely ineffective at ensuring safety, and those are just the ones you hear about…