Originally Posted by PNWFlyer

it failed on 3 previous flights. All those crews handled the emergency just fine.

on the last second flight yes. It was replaced with a counterfeit part and pencil whipped.

they also forgot to mention the FAA retained certification for MCAS.

They got the merger stuff right but we’re wrong about the anything about the MAX. MCAS was about certification flights. Stick force per G. It was not to push the nose down like the media loves to say.