alf5071h - Thanks for the clarifying explanations.
It was somewhat early in the aftermath of the two accidents that the regrettable "average" term cropped up - and though my understanding of it (as just SLF/attorney) doesn't matter at all, I should have used more precise description instead.
There's an interesting and quite active thread over on Tech Log about whether MCAS was needed actually, in the first place. (For purposes of understanding how the FAA reform legislation is going to be implemented, and also for several different purposes relating directly to various court actions currently in progress, the reasons for Canada and EASA to have taken somewhat divergent positions compared to FAA, is a subject deserving close study.)
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