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Why was the "Shocker Alert" - MCAS now active down to M.2 said.
I read that as is it - is not a good thing, regardless of if there were a simulator fault or not.
The comments about the regulator indicate we are missing some important details in that text exchange -
Gustavsson, Patrik H 6:51 PM:
it wasnt a lie, no one told us that was the case
Was a strange reply to -
Mark Forkner 6:51 PM:
so I basically lied to the regulators (unknowingly)
This might be the smoking gun. They clearly knew about MCAS as they were discussing it's operation. It also indicates that the previous version did not operate below M.2 and that was what Mark (in good faith) reported to the regulators.
What's more, it seems to indicate that parameters were changed POST regulatory review. We don't know if the regulator was updated on the change later on or not.