Anyone up for an ignorant question?
Now I’m reading articles in non-specialist press citing respected aviation writers saying that forward engine placement, etc. causes the MAX to pitch up excessively when power increased. Yes, they seem to use “unstable” and “stall” in the same breath.
But I thought there was nothing particularly unstable about the MAX *provided* pilots had received adequate training – which was the whole point of MCAS: so Boeing could flog the thing to penny-pinching airlines wishing to *avoid* that training and put their NG pilots straight onto the flight deck.
Yours confused.