From that very article.

Post #427,900 by mmoffitt 3/13/19 4:37:44 PM 3/13/19 4:37:44 PM Reply	From that very article. *Emphasis Mine.* In another complaint, a first officer reported that the aircraft pitched nose down after the autopilot was engaged during departure. *The autopilot was then disconnected and flight continued to its destination, according to the database.* Is the system flawed? Obviously. Are there mitigating steps a pilot can perform? Obviously. I'm as disappointed in Boeing as anyone, but the fact remains that it was not exclusively Boeing's fault those aircraft ended up in the ground. I had to look it up and it turns out that for many airlines the autopilot can be turned on as low as 400 ft AGL on take-off. I asked a couple of retired ATP's about that and they both said they hand flew to about 10,000 ft or so before engaging the AP on take-off. I'd bet that isn't common these days. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #427,909 by rcareaga 3/14/19 8:21:49 PM 3/14/19 8:21:49 PM Reply	from the WaPo today Pilots were abuzz over publicly available radar data that showed the aircraft had accelerated far beyond what is considered standard practice, for reasons that remain unclear. “The thing that is most abnormal is the speed,” said John Cox, an aviation safety consultant and former 737 pilot. “The speed is very high,” said Mr. Cox, a former executive air safety chairman of the Air Line Pilots Association in the United States. “The question is why. The plane accelerates far faster than it should.” I suppose we can’t rule out “pilot error” when it comes to the crew’s response, but it appears to me that a Boeing product ought not to require the pilots to correct behavior like this a few minutes into the flight. cordially,
Post #427,940 by mmoffitt 3/18/19 8:32:48 AM 3/18/19 8:32:48 AM Reply	Somewhat agree. While I agree "a Boeing product ought not to require the pilots to correct behavior like this", I also hold that it is more important that "any product allow for pilots to correct behavior like this." This is the heart of my rationale for never looking at airlines when booking flights, but only at aircraft and only fly an Airbus product if (1) it is an emergency and (2) there is no other option available. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.

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