Originally Posted by
FCeng84
On the first point about AOA signal selection, picking the higher of two would get you into the same situation that was seen with Lion Air.
Not if, as implied in the article, MCAS deployment is limited to a single application.
"According to a detailed FAA briefing to legislators, Boeing will change the MCAS software to give the system input from both angle-of-attack sensors.
It will also limit how much MCAS can move the horizontal tail in response to an erroneous signal. And when activated, the system will kick in only for one cycle, rather than multiple times."