When a new minor model is added to a type certificate, one of the things that happen is that the FAA evaluates the new model to determine what differences training is required for pilots transitioning between models. The results of this evaluation are published in the Flight Standardization Board Report. Reading through the current 737 FSB report, there is no mention of the MCAS system. This is not too surprising in hindsight, as if MCAS has beeen included in the FSB report, appropriate transition training would have been developed.
The tidbit of information is that there was apparantly a change to the “Stab Trim cutout switches panel nomenclature” between NG and Max, and it was evaluated as requiring additional training betond just reading the AFM and FCOM.
Do any of our resident MAX/NG pilots have any information they can share regarding either the transition training or the change to the wording of the stab trim cutout switch placard?
http://fsims.faa.gov/wdocs/fsb/b737_rev_15.pdf#page13