Originally Posted by
groundbum
it's clear MCAS needs it's own switch so it can be turned off yet electric trim stay available to the pilots. This, along with the AOA disagree light, and knowledge of MCAS, would most likely have prevented the 2 accidents so far.G
An idea which seems to offer an easy path to two incremental improvements.
1) If you keep the operation of this switch to the fixed wiring (i.e. computer-out-of-loop) the need for low-latency MCAS-deactivation
computer responses seem to go away. So no need to add another computer, and its inherent complications?
2) If the switch is automatically hardware-toggled by emergency-level pulling on the stick, then its operation doesn't require deep
analysis of the situation. So a fast response with limited training, even in the presence of distracting alarms?