Finally, some commonsense emerging on this thread.
As long as pilots, their managers and the manufacturer bang there fists on the table asking the obvious and trot out all the old acronyms, we won't learn a thing.
It did happen- and some more answers are needed, but this industry is notorious for directing blame (check this thread........!) and it will only get worse.
We still don't know whether a bigger distraction was in progress (incap..??)
It was also complexed by
1/ being a training mission
2/ 3 on the deck
Anyone with jet training background during Line Ops in high workload airspace knows the demands the above 2 items can place on the cockpit integrity.
Now, big deep breath, and stop huffing about SOP's, cultural issues et al. and Boeing boys and girls- you wouldn't be the first to admit you didn't realise with an
erroneous LH RA, the A/T could transition to Retard in flight, with only A/P B selected!!
Thanks in advance for listening..
Vino