>making the MAX behave the same as a non MAX 737 The purpose of the MCAS is to make the aircraft certifiable - full stop. The MAX is dynamically unstable, in t

>making the MAX behave the same as a non MAX 737 The purpose of the MCAS is to make the aircraft certifiable - full stop. The MAX is dynamically unstable, in the sense that at high angles of attack it will tend to continue increasing AOA into a stall - a terrible airframe sin which they tried to fix in software. This is the real story, not this type rating stuff. HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19695757 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19695757