“The only reason to put this software system in the plane is because of the bigger engines (that had to be placed in a different area of the wings), which can cause the aircraft to stall.
“The new MAX aircraft have been stretched to have over 200 seats. This means the engines go further back causing propensity to stall.
“The training manuals were modified after the Lion Air incident, because at the time the only time MCAS was mentioned was in the definition section. Nowhere else in the original manual were there details on what the MCAS does, bad indications and how to turn it off were included.
“The new manual procedures encompass how to handle the system, Ethiopian Airlines is a tidy airline, so I’d be surprised if they hadn’t circulated it to their pilots.”
Really?? I thought the issue was that the engines were relatively speaking, further forward and higher which leads to the stall? Is this just another case of mistaken EXPERT commentary?