dmsdfw:
Thank you for your insight!!
That is the correct information about how the software handles the input from the left and right angle of attack sensors.
I found this information about the Lion Air crash:
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...-crash-453455/
ON the flight prior to the crash, there had been anomalies in airspeed between captain and first officers instruments as well as AOA indicators. AOA sensors were replaced prior to crash.
As dmsdfw points out, with two inputs to the software, it appears that at present the software defaults to the "bad" reading and commands a response of avoidance of stall.
I stand by the need to validate the intact status of these sensors prior to every flight, disconnect the software, or you are going to have to ground the 737 Max fleet pending some other fix.