Originally Posted by
OldnGrounded
Quote:. . .The possibility of a pitch-up tendency during approach to stall was identified for the flaps-up configuration prior to the implementation of MCAS.
Don't you think the bare-airframe testing that JATR recommended is essential and must largely determine the process of "fixing" the MAX? Who's going to want to fly the aircraft while there are unanswered stability questions?
No one has yet mentioned that this information must already be available through the wind tunnel tests and CFD that Boeing must have done....surely?