Originally Posted by
MechEngr
... because if they are looking at the stab indicator and saying "I don't think it's running away" because MCAS or an intermittent short let off for a few seconds, while hauling with 80 pounds on the control wheel to keep the nose up, then just maybe that is not a good way to write a procedure.
80 pounds of pull represents a strongly expressed opinion by the pilot, and it seems unhelpful that a "feel-augmentation" system can override it.
Adding
another column switch that (temporarily) disables MACS when the column pull reaches these levels might be helpful.
PS It might be best implemented in the wiring, rather than keeping the computers in this time-critical loop.