Originally Posted by
Derfred
Furthermore, it is apparent that MCAS is unaware of the position of the stab cutout switches, because it still tried to trim while the switches were in cutout.
Well yeah, it tried to trim, but only once. Does that mean that it figured out it was having no effect or that it only activates once and then waits until the pilots hit the trim switches again before having another go?
I can't understand how the latter would make any sense or indeed how it could have satisfied the requirement for which MCAS was invented. The former doesn't make a lot of sense either though.