Originally Posted by
Maninthebar
With respect, fulfilling your condition 2 would obviate the stated purpose of MCAS which is to increase apparent stick force required to 'pull up' in certain parts of the flight envelope. If PF can pull back on the stick and cause MCAS to cease operation then the purpose will not be achieved.
If 2 is required then another solution to the flight instability (which is not instability) will be needed
I think the biggest issue to be addressed that has been requested is the "software testing".
Boeing's recent past history - has been just trust us.
Many that seem to be experts say software changes are NOT simple and operating systems are at limits or above - possibility of leaked claims required.
So solid testing of the changes need verification before certification.
That takes a very lot of time & the testing has not been produced satisfactory to date. Certainly not submitted.
Too many secrets.
If this was simply political Boeing could bypass FAA and un-ground via another regulator. That is not an option as 15 more MAX's were predicted to crash and that would take another 2,595 lives over the projected life.