Originally Posted by
SLF3
The fundamental problem is the location of the engines relative to the wings, not MCAS.
And the ethics of a once great company that thought a band aid (MCAS) on an open wound was OK.
And a regulator that abrogated it’s responsibility.
Well, let's see, the BAC 111 & DC-9, probably VC-10 & many other designs had some sort of stick pusher or mechanism to improve behavior at or near the stall. Were they equally unsafe designs? The Brits even required a stick pusher on 727 for a period of time, but later removed the requirement. Was it unsafe with or without the pusher? If one of these pushers activated at rotation due to malfunction, wouldn't that be a potentially worse failure than MCAS which does nothing until flaps are retracted at a decent height. The big point is flaps should never be retracted with a continuous stick shaker going off. The last thing you want is to remove your high lift devices. Just maintain configuration & return to land. I am sure Boeing never envisioned a crew cleaning up & trying to complete the flight with a continuous stick shaker.