Originally Posted by
Fly Aiprt
Infrequentflyer, great post !
Indeed what you mention here has been nagging at me for a while.
The MCAS principle doesn't make sense : can't be overridden with the yoke because they say it must stay active, but can be deactivated with pedestal switches...
MCAS doesn't make sense and it's too late now for anyone to say MCAS should be inactivated on the Max, and give the flight envelope where the pilot might notice a non linear response to pitch input. The autopilot is not bothered by the non linear response and the real pilot shouldn't be bothered either. As
infrequentflier says, when Boeing/FAA wrote the AD procedure where you cut out MCAS they then didn't warn you about any flight regime to avoid and no guidance about landing as soon as possible.