Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Just for the record. MCAS did not fail in these incidents (with available information so far).
The culprit was a SINGLE AoA vane that sent erroneous data to the MCAS. If the vane had a duplicate then MCAS would not be seen as the villain it currently is.
Imagine if a single vane activated a stick pusher at low altitude. Would you blame the stick push system or the design of a single vane having so much authority?
Interesting - Is MCAS seen as the villain?
I did not think so, but interesting comment.
You are correct MCAS operated exactly as it was instructed - a child doing what both it's parents guided it to do.
The child is not the villain but maybe the parents are.