Likely the problem is that Boeing can point to the FAA approved 'no need for new type certification for pilots' defense, which probably has some documentation a

Likely the problem is that Boeing can point to the FAA approved 'no need for new type certification for pilots' defense, which probably has some documentation about how whatever the fuck MCAS was doing is supposedly covered by the "runaway stabilizer" procedure. http://www.b737.org.uk/runawaystab.htm http://www.b737.org.uk/runawaystab.htm (Of course it would be up to the prosecution to argue that the actual problem that MCAS produced was completelybrand-fucking-new, and thus both the FAA and Boeing should go and suck redundant bags of AoA sensors.)