Originally Posted by
ecto1
Exactly.
Technically, the most practical solution would be to completely delete mcas and upgrade the stall feel mechanism from on/off to gradual. One little box involved, possibility of mayhem kept the same (very low), feel improved also in real life scenarios, requirement passed.
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Bureaucratically who knows what makes sense now.
I agree, it will keep the pilot in the loop.
If MCAS authority to “correct” pilot actions/feelings only ones, what appends when he/she is in troubles and prefer some longer term assistance. At first the plane acts differently and the its characteristics suddenly changes. Not an ideal situation when you have hands full on work anyway.
Ad hoc patching should not be the way to resolve this kind of wild fire. Back to drawing board and, in the mean time, very high training standards for the pilots to fly “restricted feature” (without MCAS and the final solution) plane could be shortest creditable way out of this mess.