[SystemSafety] "FAA chief '100% confident' of 737 MAX safety as flights to resume"

[Olwen Morgan]

On 30/11/2020 08:49, Peter Bernard Ladkin wrote:
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> If you are talking about the Boeing 737 MAX, that airframe is not 
> unstable (as far as we know), as I have pointed out numerous times.
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If the 737 MAX is not unstable at certain speeds and AoAs, then why does 
it need MCAS?

PBL note that I'm not being deliberately obtuse here.

I am merely seeking to establish clarity as to what kinds of stability 
definitions apply to the atmosphere/airframe/pilot/flight-controls 
system as a whole.


Olwen