“The very existence of MCAS was hidden from the pilots.”
Where did you get that lie? MCAS is and was part of the training curriculum for the Max.
You don’t know what you are talking about. It is there now. But at the time of the accidents, it’s existence was, BY DESIGN, completely hidden from the pilots.
As to where I got that “lie”. I got it from Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg along with his explanation as to WHY it was hidden. That good enough for you, sport?
In a NASA-maintained database, pilots of the Boeing 737 Max expressed outrage at not being alerted to the presence of the system aboard the plane they fly. The furor around MCAS broke out once again in March after the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302.
On Monday, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg explained why the company installed MCAS on the 737 Max but didn’t disclose the existence of the system to pilots, all while challenging the media’s characterization of MCAS as an anti-stall system.
“When you take a look at the original design of the MCAS system. I think in some cases, in the media, it has been reported or described as an anti-stall system, which it is not.” Muilenburg told reporters shortly after Boeing’s annual shareholder meeting. “It’s a system that’s designed to provide handling qualities for the pilot that meet pilot preferences.”
added, “We want the airplane to behave in the air similar to the previous generation of 737s. That’s the preferred pilot feel for the airplane, and MCAS is designed to provide those kinds of handling qualities at a high angle of attack.”
“It’s a purposeful design. It’s something that’s designed to be part of how the airplanes fly. So it’s part of the certification process,” the Boeing CEO said. “It’s not something that’s a separate procedure or something that needs to be trained on separately.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/boeings-ceo-on-why-737-max-pilots-not-told-of-mcas-2019-4
The Boeing CEO spread that so-called “lie” at a 2019 shareholders meeting. Try to keep up.