> Without MCAS, this would be a crappy experience for the pilots, but, with proper training, they'd be able to fly it just like you and me can safely drive cars

> Without MCAS, this would be a crappy experience for the pilots, but, with proper training, they'd be able to fly it just like you and me can safely drive cars like a Reliant Robin (just never think about hitting the brakes in a curve). If you feel the plane wanting to point up a bit too enthusiastically, you can push the stick forward (or adjust the trim) and make it more cooperative. That's the worst part of this, the plane is perfectly flyable without MCAS but they applied it anyways because it would have required recertifying pilots because that difference is enough that it might have required a new type certificate for pilots to fly. So all this trouble and the deaths are because Boeing couldn't make an appealing aircraft with the old 737 body and handling so they took a shortcut to make few 100M more.