If the plane tries to crash itself during take off, it’s only a matter of time before a pilot doesn’t react quickly enough to prevent the plane from killing everyone on board. Blaming the pilot for not reacting quickly enough is really to miss the point. Really the plane shouldn’t be trying to dive into the ground after takeoff, this is an undesirable property for an airplane to have.

The fact that the same plane kept repeatedly trying to plow itself into the ground after takeoff really underscores the basic premise that the 737 Max is a bad aircraft, and should have never been certified.