I would love to get a look at the "fix" they put in for this.
I am betting that I would still not be happy with it. From reviewing the earlier posts about this case and the other accident, I am planning to never fly this plane again if I can help it.
Because from what I gathered the plane itself also had "structural balance" issues to begin with. My take on it is that they incorporated use of the "MCAS automatic anti-stall" feature to help the plane maintain proper balancing when taking off instead of fixing the balance issues which obviously would be a major costly endeavor. And we all know how the MCAS system failed miserably and would porpoise the nose of the plane.
It is one of the most harrowing disasters I could imagine a pilot experiencing. Here we had the pilots trying to bring the nose back up and then the faulty MCAS system would force the nose of the plane back down.
Can you just imagine being a pilot in that situation when the plane itself is going against what you are trying to do.
And with the plane being close to the ground already during takeoff, there is just not enough altitude for this sort of battle to take place. They lost altitude each cycle of porpoising until the ground was upon them.
My "fix" would have been 2 fixes.
1-First fix the initial balancing issues by adding weight to whatever sections of the plane needs the weight to help balance it.
Of course airlines dont want to add weight to a plane but by golly if it needs to be balanced then weld in and add weight somewhere and balance it.
2-Then my software "fix" would be a simple new command at very top of the MCAS software:
"Exit the MCAS System!!!!!"
Let the pilots do their job and fly the plane. Automatic pilot is fine but get rid of this new faulty automatic "MCAS anti-stall system" that kills.
Its a brand new system and pilots dont have to have it. Pilots were perfectly fine before the development of this MCAS system and they will be fine after its gone. Get rid of this animal. Its proven to kill people and even if they got it working as designed then I would still not want it as a pilot. Because if I want to pull up the nose of the plane more severe than normal then it means I want to do that for a very good reason. Like avoiding a crash with the ground for example.
So let me do my job of flying for goodness sakes.