Yeah it's foreign jockeys who don't bother to read bulletins or understand the subtleties of either quickly discovering how to stay within the MCAS envelope, or in the alternate, how to fast-track uncorking the autopilot.
The Ethopian co-pilot Control Discenta Intoterrain had 200 hours of flying experience. If Capt. Getachew was fighting the Max to the point of mayday, then their only chance -- coordinating disengaging autopilot -- fell to the rookie. Not a chance.
“then their only chance — coordinating disengaging autopilot — fell to the rookie. Not a chance.”
Disengaging the autopilot is one of the things that turns ON the MCAS system. The MCAS system that Boeing didn’t tell any operator even existed.