No, 737MAX is not a fly-by-wire aircraft. The controls are physically connected to control surfaces via actual physical cables. But, the computer can yank on t

No, 737MAX is not a fly-by-wire aircraft. The controls are physically connected to control surfaces via actual physical cables. But, the computer can yank on those cables, and it can also run the elevator trim up and down, and does. So, no, I am not just talking about "the MCAS". There is no such thing. That is a software feature that is part of the autopilot system, not any sort of hardware. They could have pulled the circuit breaker on the whole flight computer, and flown without it.