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Do we know if the issue is bad software or bad specs? Even formal methods won't save you from a bad spec.
The black boxes will be very illuminating on this respect, especially since we never recovered the Lion Air black box voice recorder.
What the hell did Boeing think was going to happen?
Is it possible for Boeing engineers to lose their professional status as a result of this situation?
Over pilot error and an unmaintained airplane? Doubtful.
Boeing's going to wear some of the blame here, as is proper, IMO.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/podcasts/the-daily/boeing...
The headline is really confusing; I thought I was perhaps reading it wrong, but it's sort of impossible to read correctly until you realize they are talking about a separate incident than the well-known crash. It would have been clearer if they had written something simpler, like "Lion Air 737 Nearly Crashed One Day Before Deadly Accident"
Suprised they don't have a lessons learned portal. Would have saved some lives.
> [T]hey got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit. That extra pilot, who was seated in the cockpit jumpseat [...] Am I missing something here? Isn't it normal for off-duty pilots to ride in the jump-seat?