> This would have been the ideal moment to teach 737 pilots to properly handle the Max aircraft without needing MCAS. Well, its not legal to have the 737 MAX w

> This would have been the ideal moment to teach 737 pilots to properly handle the Max aircraft without needing MCAS. Well, its not legal to have the 737 MAX without MCAS, so its a moot point. MCAS exists to compensate for undesired control forces as high (near-stall) angles of attack, its not legal to have those performance characteristics in an aircraft. If this was Airbus, this would have been done in software since the A320 series is fly by wire.