Put in mind that the management of MS in 1999 (when MS 990 took place) might be different. Also, I doubt that they'd repeat whatever they did that day again. Today, people are more alert and in the post-9/11 world, an Arab airline that crashes after takeoff from the US will be seen in a harsher light. So bottom line, don't be too hard on MS transatlantic.
The report's quite long, so I'll have to read it over and over to get the jargon. Thnx anyway.