To be clear, even if MCAS was strictly necessary during all aspects of normal flight, it is not a defect in flight characteristics to require computerized contr

To be clear, even if MCAS was strictly necessary during all aspects of normal flight, it is not a defect in flight characteristics to require computerized control of flight control surfaces as long as the aircraft is properly designed for it (as opposed to acting with gross neglect for human life). See any fighter jet, or even a regular Airbus with its highly abstract fly-by-wire system.