The Boeing Recovery?

After the 2nd 737 fell from grace killing another 150 of its passenger Boeing has a track record of pausing, then reflecting on its complicit participation, and then moving aggressively as it loses ground with the calamity.

The FAA is seeking tall grass on this matter as it biffed its responsibility by allowing Boeing to watch its own hen coop in the front yard of aviation.

The truth of the matter will follow a long investigation but it now appears the thing Boeing installed to outsmart flawed human pilots has now exposed a flaw in human thinking of automating everything it doesn't think pilots can do. The system itself failed and pilots fly at a disadvantaged. Pilots have little recourse to fly out of harm's way when a sensor fails and software regurgitates what humans who never piloted an aircraft code a solution. The MCAS system or anti-stall routine doesn't take into account false equipment readings as it only looks to override hapless aviation pilots for a condition that were not trained for. A what-if scenario,  may not involve tailwinds driving an aircraft over its intended airspeed thus starting a cascading chain of events putting the 737 into a nose dive for preventing stalls. Then there is a what-if when a sensor fails because equipment sometimes are flawed but the operator is not aware of a broken part. Boeing really needs to address this critical issue.

It has over 100 years of experience building airplanes but it still failed to secure the possibility of unintended consequences. Now it will cost them billions when considering losing further ground in the single-aisle market place. However, Boeing will roar again and it has now begun its final stage since the second disaster for its Max program. Let us not lose sight of every airplane manufacturer has its problems. Boeing is human too. So being aggressive is a fear reflex. Stockholders are scared too. The will reflex as well so Boeing will ramp up its Max efforts towards the single-aisle. When the wind is knocked out of you get back up swinging.  Boeing just got "busted". It will play all its cards on the single-aisle market. Expect a new single-aisle offering sooner rather than later. The 797 programs may come into play as it may meld with the single-aisle linking the duo aisle but the second crash has awakened the Boeing beast in the scheme of things.

Automation is only good as its weakest link is the lessoned learned.