Originally Posted by
aviatorhi
Yeah I think we pretty much agree on that.
Both accidents were pilot error. A silly and (probably) unnecessary system contributed due to improper systems design philosophy, but for me the buck stops at the fact that this was basically runaway trim and they handled the whole thing wrong on every single count.
By that metric, COS and PIT were both pilot errors too. The buck also stops that it was a rudder hard over and was then mishandled by pulling back the yoke in both cases that increased the AOA which destroyed their chances of recovery.