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Old 1st Oct 2019, 15:36
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Originally Posted by jugofpropwash

Am I the only one who thinks that ultimately it would have been safer to leave the MCAS off the planes entirely, and just remind the pilots that stalling the aircraft was possible and to monitor their AOA?
With hindsight and looking at how light the regulatory hand of the FAA was on this whole process, they may have been able to slide this through the certification process without raising it as much of an issue.

I bet they thought about it!
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