My understanding is that in the 737-8MAX, pushing the control column fully forwards isn't necessarily enough to recover from stall (or potentially even a near-s

My understanding is that in the 737-8MAX, pushing the control column fully forwards isn't necessarily enough to recover from stall (or potentially even a near-stall AOA). MCAS was designed to trim the stabiliser down in a high AOA situation, to give the pilots a bit of extra downwards control authority and help them recover from a stall. To compensate for flying with MCAS inoperative, pilots will need to manually trim down when recovering from a stall. I assume they will just train the pilots to always trim forwards when recovering.