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Old 15th Mar 2019, 17:17
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BobM2
 
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Smile COMMON SENSE

Being an airline captain has always required a logical approach to problem solving & a good knowledge of the equipment flown. If on take-off rotation you get an immediate stick shaker, on ONE SIDE ONLY, with the aircraft climbing & accelerating normally, it should be obvious that you have a sensor failure. You're not going anywhere except back to maintenance. There is no reason to clean up the airplane or climb above pattern altitude. Just fly the circuit, make a normal landing & return to the gate. MCAS never gets activated.

Aircraft manufacturers & federal regulators have spent decades trying to make the airplanes "idiot proof". It can't be done. Any revision Boeing does to their software will be a futile attempt to make the airplane "double idiot proof", but maybe it will placate the public.
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