Obviously we use computers to aid pilots/drivers, but MCAS is required.
Without it, the max is like a very badly designed fighter jet.
Without it, the max is like a very badly designed fighter jet.
MCAS was added so the minor differences in how it flies could be adjusted away by computer to avoid needing to retrain pilots already certified for the 737-NG.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-boeing-737-ma...
> Boeing put MCAS on the plane not to make it stable in maneuvers approaching a stall but to make it handle and feel exactly the same as the earlier model 737NG.
> “If MCAS is deactivated, you can still fly the aircraft and it is not unstable,” said Fehrm. “The Max without MCAS is a perfectly flyable aircraft.”
Cite: FARs §25.173, §25.175.
That's an entirely different claim, though, than this:
> Without it, the max is like a very badly designed fighter jet.
Boeing isn't taking the "get rid of MCAS" approach, they're taking the "fix MCAS" one. If they wanted to get rid of MCAS, though, they'd have to apply for a new cert, without the "737-NG pilots can fly it just fine" piggybacking they did - pilots would have to be trained to the new aircraft type.