MCAS was designed entirely to prevent needing retraining. The engine position change changed the handling characteristics because it moved the forces around. So instead of admitting they've been using a design far too long and needed to change it which would require a new type certification and thus retraining so pilots understood the way the plan actually handled they put a software Band-Aid over it but didn't properly relabel it as a safety critical system to hide the massive change from the FAA which meant it didn't get the proper sensor support to ensure it always had proper data.
They've been rotted from the inside by McDouglas's exec team and the usual profit driven decision making. On top of all of that the agency responsible for keeping that at least marginally in check has been gutted and lobotomized by decades of "the only good government is one small enough to drown in a tub" mentality.
They've been rotted from the inside by McDouglas's exec team and the usual profit driven decision making. On top of all of that the agency responsible for keeping that at least marginally in check has been gutted and lobotomized by decades of "the only good government is one small enough to drown in a tub" mentality.