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Originally Posted by Nate2046
I’m getting a sense that there wasn’t much awareness of this new system and possibly no training on handling a malfunction.
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That's my take (at this stage) as well. Seems like the MCAS (AOA nanny) system was implemented on the MAX series discreetly, with no accompanying differences/conversion training.
Several MAX pilots have reported they didn't even know what it was, much less that it was a system incorporated on the A/C they were flying. Not good.
Potentially worse (from a legal liability perspective) is the possibility that it was implemented due to a pitch-up tendency on the MAX, as a result of the new engines/nacelles (larger/heavier/further forward/etc.).
I mean, I am sure it's a sound system, but in the eyes of litigators, they will likely try to say that Boeing was "hiding" something, and/or "covering up" a known design flaw.
Still, in the Lion Air case, even with a FUBAR'd MCAS system/sensors, there were several options they could/should have been aware of to disable it, had they known what they were "fighting" in the first place.