Originally Posted by
hans brinker
I have read the satguru. If MCAS activates, pilots pull back on the column within 3 seconds, but that doesn't stop the trim due to MCAS disabling the switch. next step is a memory item, switch the trim off, so at second 5 the trim is switched off, but the aircraft needed the full 10 seconds of MCAS to get back to an acceptable elevator control force level. Still don't understand how that was deemed acceptable. Definitely cake+eating!!
While not explicitly stated in any Boeing statements, the cynical side of me believes the engineering team thought this design was okay because when the stick shaker went off and the pilots went into their stall recovery mode, they assumed the pilots would be so distracted that they wouldn't notice the MCAS working "in the background."