Boeing reportedly left engineers, officials unaware of 737 Max changes

Then they'd just smoke more, have plenty of power but poor economy.

Reread the second sentence. Or just read the article. You clearly didn’t.

Asked and answered.

Not as simple a statement as you put out there, especially since, even after Lion Air, a lot of information and procedures on the MAX had changed without notice. Did you know the STAB Trim switches were changed in regards to what they did ( and Boeing did not mention that)? Did you know that the MCAS response was double what originally was intended, was programmed that way, yet Boeing did not tell anyone, some who even worked inside Boeing). How difficult is it to control an aircraft that is trimmed full nose down? Do you know? Again, your simple comment may apply in a simple situation, but this was not one, and the onion layers seem to get pulled back more and more as we continue to learn more and more.

You are clearly NOT following what is being uncovered. Boeing has misled, either deliberately or not, during this whole process and as each day goes past the media, including the NYT, is exposing the problems at Boeing. In a rush to market they cut corners and people died.

And there we have a classic example of an ad hominem attack from Stuart Hostetter. When the facts are against you attack the messenger.

All the world's certification bodies did not ground the plane because of poor pilot training nor to media reports. They grounded it because there is a problem.

Stuart. Southwest was disturbed to find out about MCAS after the fact. It was not mentioned in flight manuals nor in maintenance manuals (very minor mentions). A program that manipulated flight control surfaces without direct pilot input should be conveyed to pilots and airlines. Failing to do so shows a complete disconnect with what they are doing and who they are serving. Pilot error may have been a part, but the situation they faced was problematic at best, even for US Pilots flying the same scenario, all acknowledging that without altitude, recovery was doubtful at best.

How many instances of runaway trim happened in US airlines since the MAX came out? Do you know? In the 2 accidents, the AOA sensor was defective or damaged. Did you know that that impacts Airspeed and altitude readouts as well? It is not just about responding to a runaway trim, there is much more involved. It was much more than just pilot error, and Boeing it appears raced to production a system that was not properly vetted and tested.

That is an interesting perspective. About 50 airlines worldwide have grounded 360 new, perfectly safe aircraft because they realised that an Ethiopian captain with 8000hrs in his log obviously lacked cockpit experience and was poorly trained. Are they all waiting for the past three months that Ethiopian introduce a better training syllabus before they resume operations?

Ah yes the NYT the most accurate member of the open minded media.Of course they are right. According to lefty.