I agree: there should have been a warning that both pilots are doing (very) different commands.
Airbus is responsible here.
Boeing is responsible in the article too: adding such new feature without properly communicating with the pilots??
Boeing is responsible in the article too: adding such new feature without properly communicating with the pilots??
Maybe the pilots did not receive proper sim time on a 737MAX, which I believe has different enough instrumentation and automation systems to require a separate sim from the standard 737. But they almost certainly knew which systems were on the plane, and how to operate them under normal conditions.
Isn't part of Boeing's marketing strategy that the 737MAX actually DOESN'T require additional training? The entire point of MCAS is to make the larger 737MAX react to control inputs just like a smaller 737, so flight crew can just fly them all "like a 737".