Taking a tiny fragment from a large post.
A stick pusher without an override function is effectively what MCAS had morphed to ...
[SLF] Would a "real" stick pusher have been an adequate solution to the handling/certification problems MCAS was intended to solve?
1a) Would a stick pusher meet the "control column feel" certification requirements that MCAS is intended to address?
1b) Would it introduce any problematic certification issues?
1c) Would any false triggering be acceptably benign and infrequent?
1d) Are there any additional sim training obligations for certification?
1e) What have I forgot? e.g. any hi/low speed issues; is more than control column feel needed for approach-to-stall avoidance?
2) What additional benefits to handling/airworthiness would a bug/feature free implementation of MCAS provide?