[Gay State Conservative]

I think you've missed my point. Just consider all the differences you'd see...or assume exist...between flying Lufthansa and flying Air Malawi.

I've flown both...and it would take days to describe the differences I saw.And they had nothing to do with executives or engineers.

[af_vet_1981]

I think you've missed my point.

I understood the point to be that some airlines have highly competent pilots who can remedy defects (often from their military aviation experience) while 3rd world pilots tend to more canned training scenarios and cannot cope with the defects. In either case, Boeing is still responsible for the manufactured hardware and software defects, while the airline is responsible for poor maintenance and pilot error. Passengers increase their chances of a safe landing by using airlines that employ aviators as pilots.

Most people acknowledge the MCAS is Boeing's responsibility and my view is that the fault should have been detected during testing with a single sensor failure.