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Re:U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design cha... by linuxftw on Monday August 03, 2020 @04:50PM (#24043235)
To me, this reads as a total reduction in the effectiveness of the MCAS.

We still have no indication that operating the aircraft without MCAS is safe, therefor if the system fails during a critical moment or is otherwise unable to account for the increased angle of attack, we could see jets plummet to the earth in a stall scenario. Absolutely the worst thing that could happen.

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Re:U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design cha... by l31g on Monday August 03, 2020 @06:03PM (#24043995)
MCAS is only useful in very extreme situations rarely seen in normal flight. Most pilots will never be in a situation where MCAS is useful.
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Re:U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design cha... by linuxftw on Monday August 03, 2020 @08:20PM (#24045119)
> Most pilots will never be in a situation where MCAS is useful.

And if they are in the situation? Also, there's no data on how many times MCAS activated on non-crashing flights with valid data, so this statement is 100% speculation.

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Re:U.S. FAA proposes requiring key Boeing 737 MAX design cha... by rootusrootus on Monday August 03, 2020 @04:53PM (#24043271)
> we could see jets plummet to the earth in a stall scenario

To be fair, when a passenger airliner finds itself in a stall scenario, hitting the ground is not an uncommon result.

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