Originally Posted by
MechEngr
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In hindsight it was a terrible idea to allow the AoA system to produce valid, but incorrect AoA data. In hindsight it was terrible the FAA approved that.
Sure, though that was 50+ years ago, such a concept was completely normal in those days and got inherited based with the original airframe, etc.
One of the many, many reasons, this whole B737 should never have reached the MAX version. This looks "hindsight", though a proper engineering company would understand the whole B737 design had become obsolete and should not be given another life-extension.