The pitch adjustment wasn't actually up to 2.5 degrees. It was 2.5 degrees each time MCAS was activated. After two cycles it can reach maximum nose down trim of

The pitch adjustment wasn't actually up to 2.5 degrees. It was 2.5 degrees each time MCAS was activated. After two cycles it can reach maximum nose down trim of 4.7 degrees. (Or after 8 cycles under the original 0.6 degrees pitch limit). The Boeing safety analysis did not seem to have realized this was a possibility.