Originally Posted by
Bend alot
34 years aircraft maintenance.
Good post L39 - but MCAS is far from a stall protection (system). MCAS is a system that supplies an a feel to the control column, and the aircraft can fly perfectly without it.
But without MCAS the 737 MAX could not meet the certification requirements for Grandfather rights. Without the Grandfather rights the 737 MAX requires more certification and pilots will require extra training - this would make the MAX less desirable/competitive.
So the task was to incorporate a new system without calling it "new" and retain Grandfather rights. It seems to me that the priority was the "extra training" being minimal between the MAX and other 737's (you heavily touched training in your reply) and the result was a few hours of slides on an iPad that included nothing on the new system.
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This is a critical aspect to me. Is this 100% confirmed that the reason for MCAS was to be grandfathered into the lightweight certification process? More precisely, could this exact same plane be normally certified *without* MCAS?
Thanks for your replies.