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		outworlder on March 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Boeing, FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flig... > For those who were wondering why pilots didn't override the autopilot? MCAS only works when autopilot is OFF (and flaps retracted).

azernik on March 18, 2019 [–]

I'm using autopilot in the loose sense, to refer to the general suite of mavhine inputs to the flight controls.

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