[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

"Over the last ten years, there have been 90 million commercial flights in the air space that FAA regulates, and accidents have resulted in a grand total of one fatality." faas-system-for-certifying-the-boeing-737-max-wasnt-flawed (remember the lady's window got taken out by an engine)

I'm not disagreeing with everything you said, I've been as taken back as anyone else to hear how badly Boeing screwed this whole thing up. Even Limbaugh tried to make capitalism the culprit, but never finished his thought.

The MCAS system probably does do exactly what you mentioned, or was at least designed to keep the pitch stable when not in autopilot; let go and she just flys. We'll find out if some junior engineer at Honeywell drew up the MCAS and everybody else was in too big a hurry to check his work.

I still can't imagine single sensor dependance on a system, (the aircraft itself) with all kinds of intelligence and information available to override a primitive little wind vane. But no. Simple logic = tragic result.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I find that hard to believe. 1 death in American airspace in 10 years? I’d like to see the actual stats.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I see already there were 7 total deaths this calendar year, 3 of them definitely “commercial” for Amazon.

[TexasGator]

“The MCAS system probably does do exactly what you mentioned, or was at least designed to keep the pitch stable when not in autopilot;”

It was designed to over-ride pilot only in certain condition which should not be encountered in normal operation or by good pilots.