Originally Posted by
RJSAviator76
. Now, that's not saying that Boeing is blameless here. Not by a long shot. But both of these accidents should have ended up with airplane parked at the gate with logbook write-ups and SDR's being filed. The comparison to a V1 cut are spot on. Are you gonna sit on your thumb for 10 seconds before reacting to a V1 cut? No. Not by a long shot.
These countries do not have a well-developed pipeline of experienced pilots and have in the past hired expats for a reason. But national politics are also a factor, as well as national pride. Yet, in the west, we've all but ignored all that.
Boeing forgot who they were selling airplanes to (airbus knew all along).
It probably would have been a long time before a US crew got into big trouble with a max, given that the initial operators are all top tier employers.