Originally Posted by PhantomHawk

Honest question for you...definitely not trying to poke the bear, but shouldn’t the goal for a passenger airplane be to NEVER put the crew into a situation where their excellent training saves the day? Let’s say crew after crew recovered from this situation.....you think Boeing and/or the airlines would have fixed it to the proper extent they will now be FORCED to?

It seems like most people are emotionally involved with this because it affects the fleet they fly on. I don’t think so many would be such ardent defenders of such a flawed design if it didn’t threaten their wallet.