> was the angle of attack sensor ever associated with an automatic system prior to MCAS? Yes [0]. The stick shaker and stick pusher. But those are overridable

> was the angle of attack sensor ever associated with an automatic system prior to MCAS? Yes [0]. The stick shaker and stick pusher. But those are overridable by pilot muscle power. With the MCAS, there can be situations where that isn't the case, and we have two crashes as a (probable) result. [0] https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2018/11/11/boeing-737-crash-is-first-mass-killing-by-software/ https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2018/11/11/boeing-737-cras...