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		stirlo on April 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Addresses the Ethiopi... 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.

subculture on April 5, 2019 | [–]

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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