I am just a long time pilot of hang gliders, ultralight aircraft and general aviation airplanes and have lived on an airport for the last 25 years. I live between two FAA guys and the whole family three doors down are airline pilots both retired and active, along with many others here. Also my brother has been a captain for Southwest for the last 20 years or so.
When this 2nd accident happened all of the people I know who are more qualified than me to make informed judgments on this jumped all over the two third world pilots and blamed them completely. Now they are starting to realize that there have been some screw ups by Boeing that are probably going to cost them. I don’t know that the way that you are characterizing the situation is completely accurate. But the plot has been thickening, that is for sure.
Dirk, I’ve always wanted to visit your cars and the cast-iron bathtub with an outboard motor affixed to one end.