@gsking wrote: "airframe isn't inherently airworthy without software intervention. " Plenty of planes are much less airworthy without a computer flying them. Most modern planes. Of course they have more redundancy. Most of the reason they put in the MCAS is for flyability/ similarity to older models, and for avoiding a small portion of the stall envelope. The plane is perfectly flyable without software. It just takes a smarter pilot to avoid stalling. Just like the smarter pilots who disabled MCAS when it malfunctioned. Much like traveling under Covid, it's a risk analysis. Just BETWEEN the two crashes, there were over 150,000 Max flights. That's pretty good odds... about 10x better than a healthy person dying of Covid. So if you're that worried about the Max, you're best staying home. Unfortunately, the plane is not perfectly flyable without MCAS. If it was, then the simple solution would be to remove MCAS. They're not removing MCAS. More accurate would be to say that, without MCAS it's flyable in an emergency, if the pilots have the correct training, and also the strength needed to physically operate the trim wheel. Please don't mistake my concern for "worry," I'm well aware of the odds involved. I'll wait until I've learned more before deciding if, with regards to the MAX, they're acceptable to me. Luckily, I'll have other options available, at least for a while, that will negate any misperceived need to "stay home." 😉
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