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The problem with dealing with a departure stall is they’re extremely deadly, happen faster than a person can react to, and are in general unrecoverable all because of the lack of altitude. If it was the case that you could easily deal with a departure stall in the 737-MAX then they would have seen no need to implement MCAS.

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MCAS only operates with flaps up, though, so it's actually irrelevant during most departure stalls at low altitude.

Even if you could recover without MCAS Boeing still wouldn’t have released a version without it as the recovery procedure have needed new training.

Let’s not forget MCAS only exists to protect Boeing’s profits by avoiding a new type certification.

And if Boeing had originally went with a new type certification, the plane they'd build wouldn't need MCAS. The MAX can't exist without something like MCAS, can it?

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