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Old 22nd Mar 2019, 06:04
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Rated De
 
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Minimum flap retraction altitude for B737 is 400 ft so possible MCAS-activation at low altitude.
This.
  1. High AOA (sensor fault) is the first condition
  2. Manual flight (is the second condition)
Taught to clean up and find altitude, clear the MSA is what all pilots are taught to do.
Induce another failure, like an engine failure at V1, at 400' commence the drills, up go the flaps.

3. Flaps are up (Third condition is met)

MCAS activates. Now things get sporting. Quite possibly a procedure trained for by pilots worldwide was just complicated and made more difficult by doing what all pilots do with a sub system bought into the mix that has a single point of failure a solitary AOA sensor.
That is bad process.
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