>>2034303>the system is only there for legal reason (type rating not needing additional simulator training).No, it's worse than that. The additional aerodynamic lifting provided by the engine nacelles means that the control column input force (pilot pulling on the yoke) required to increase pitch decreases with increasing pitch. That is directly contrary to the FAR regarding aircraft control. You must have to exert more force to further increase pitch. Who knew the FAA cared about avoiding aerodynamic stalls at high AoA? In any fly-by-wire, this is trivial to implement. In a fly-by-steel-wire aircraft, all you have is the horizontal stabilizer under automation regardless of the AP status. It's a hack to avoid creating a completely new type, and it killed people. Boeing engineering should have collectively committed sudoku in shame.
