AVweb The FAA safety engineer who says he should have signed off on the Boeing 737 MAX Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) during the certification process says the system should be scrapped entirely. Joe Jacobsen told the Seattle Times the system addresses relatively minor control feel issues that pilots can easily adapt to compared to the devastating consequences it has shown it can have when it malfunctions. He said he and many other engineers, including those in other countries, believe the plane would be safer without MCAS. The FAA agrees that the plane can be operated safely without MCAS but has rejected eliminating it.