Originally Posted by
Bleve
I don’t fly the 737 Max, but after doing a bit of ‘what-if-ing’, I’ve come to the conclusion that if I were a Max pilot and had stick shaker on take-off, I would not fully retract the flaps. I would retract to Flaps 1. My experience on other Boeing’s (767 & 744) is that Flaps 1 provides the best manoeuvre margin to the stall and in the 737 Max would prevent MCAS doing it’s (evil) thing.
Thats pretty poignant in this situation because MCAS does not fire with the flaps out, or so I have been told. It's highly doubtful they would have known or thought of that. A really bad situation..