Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
I expected them to stall and say the planes were safe like they did after the first 189 people died. I kind of expected them to slapdash a software "fix" to get the planes rolling off the assembly line again, and only a third crash killing 150-200 would have actually, finally, sunk in.
I want my airplane manufacturers to lean forward and be proactive. <shrugs>
They
are being proactive - about their future sales.
Looking ahead long-term, they know that most transport aircraft deliveries will be to non-US / "third-world" countries / China, and have realized that it might not be a good sales tactic to blame the lack of skill, experience and training of pilots in those countries or to imply that only US pilots are skilled enough to handle their finicky planes.
Ironically, I am sure Boeing is now very happy that Airbus' sales have been so robust lately - that has created a big backlog of orders for them.