[SomeHacker44]

Pilots can fly planes with unusual characteristics when properly trained. That is the point of the type rating. I feel the 737 MAX needs its own type certificate distinct from the rest of the 737s and that should solve the problem, since the MAX has very different flight characteristics in certain situations.

Either that or ground the plane permanently for being poorly designed and unsafe with any amount of training.

If the FAA does anything else, it will harm my faith in the organization, which is already at a recent low.

NB: Jet pilot, not 737 pilot.

[lutorm]

737 pilots have said that they are already trained in the tendency of a 737 to pitch up when full power is applied at low speeds, which apparently is present in all 737 models. (Stall recovery procedures for a 737 apparently specifically detail that you must lower the nose first, and then apply power (and not too much power) as applying full or higher power near stall speed will overwhelm the pitch authority.

What's not clear to me is how much worse the characteristics of the MAX are compared to the NG or earlier 737s? Would it really be unsafe to fly without the MCAS, or was this just the route Boeing took to avoid having to retrain pilots?

[WrtCdEvrydy]

Money's on a last minute fix to the problem and engineering being told the launch couldn't be delayed.