Originally Posted by
billybone
In the seattle Times article The inside story of MCAS: How Boeing’s 737 MAX system gained power and lost safeguards --
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Seems to me thats a major gotcha - leaving HAL in full command and the pilot wondering WTF for more than 3 seconds the first time- and then HAL repeats it again and again - How on earth did anyone allow that little change in wiring ( software ? ) get by anyone ??
There is nothing sneaking through there. The cutout switch inside the column is there to prevent a trim runaway. However the MCAS as designed must function despite back pressure. If it cutout MCAS wouldn’t do its job.