You don't need a lot of time to open the book and learn the systems. You do need a modicum of intelligence to apply
that knowledge to overcome a problem....
Were those Ethiopian Airlines pilots properly made aware of the Nov. 2018 AD changes to the AFM for the 737 MAX ..?
The emergency AD in November 2018 was sent by FAA to all known US owners and operators, but the FAA is not responsible for
directly notifying all known owners and operators abroad...The FAA did send such AD details to the relevant foreign airworthy authorities,
.....it is then the responsibility of those authorities to notify the owners and operators of the 737 MAX covered under their jurisdiction.
It just sounds like you are shooting off the hip and blaming the pilots, when it may well not be their fault that they were possibly unawares
of the emergency AD concerning MACS.
