Originally Posted by
virustalon
Hello aviation community/mostly pilots.
I got my wings taken out during the COVID. I flew the 76 and the A320 for more than 10 years and now it's gone... Now I do some other stuff in life, however, my love for planes and aviation still remains. (if you ever think you don't know how to do anything else other than flying planes, think twice. You sure know!)
I just turned on Netflix and found "Downfall" which is a documentary about the 737 Max and the MCAS system.
I just have one single question for those people who know about it.
Is the plane safe to fly now? Was the fix mechanical or a software patch?
There are so many threads I didn't know where to read that simple answer.
Thanks!
Short answer is they fitted an additional AOA sensor and tweaked the software. Extra training for flt crew too.
Whether or not it still fits the criteria of a having the same flying characteristics as the NG is for others to answer.