When Sully speaks, he speaks truth. And Congress should listen, as they did (reluctantly) when he
testified before them last year about the 737-MAX. All of his points are valid and highly important,
and should be acted upon now, not later–or after another fatal accident has occurred. As for what
others say, (1) the first comment [about Biden] is both fatuous and a non sequitur. (2) the second
comment [about stick shakers] is simply absurd. If the pilot is certain that the stick shaker has been
turned on by mistake, it is imperative to turn it off immediately, before it interferes with everything
else the flight crew is doing, and wreaks havoc with their ability to control the aircraft or land safely.
It is also one less nuisance, like the flashing lights that distract pilots and thus impair concentration.
It does not mean that they are ignoring the plane’s multiple defects–on the contrary, they are well
aware of them, or they wouldn’t be trying to cope with so many of them, simultaneously. Machines
don’t control the world, but they will if we let them–and if we ruin it for ourselves by giving them a
chance to prove just how illogical, incompetent and insipid we humans are. They won’t die; we will.