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Sky High Bluebird
It should have been easy enough to disable the MCAS system but due to inadequate training (not the crews fault I should add),they were unable too.
Also with regards to the AoA sensor note that the MCAS system only works when the autopilot is off, so engaging the autopilot with the push of a button or a flick of the electric trimmer on the control column would have overridden the MCAS.
Whilst the 737 dates back to 1966 , the MAX version is very much state of the art flightdeck and is very computerised ,it has more In common with the Dreamliner (another aircraft which had teething problems) than it does with earlier generations of the aircraft.
With over 5000 on order I think it is for from doomed imho.
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