Originally Posted by
Octane 
Boeing: "However, though the manual omits mention of MCAS, it does describe exactly how a pilot should deal with uncommanded and unwanted movements of the horizontal tail, whatever the cause may be"
At 5000 feet doing 300 knots, roughly how much time does Boeing think the crew had to read the manual to troubleshoot a problem they didn't understand caused by a system they didn't know existed in order to save the aircraft?
A couple of simple questions , maybe asked already, I could have missed them in the thread ;
Did someone tried the following in a 737 sim , and what were the results ?
a) 5000ft @300 Kts, full trim forward : do you keep pitch control ?
b) if not how long does it take to re-trim back manually to regain pitch control?
c) and is this time enough to stop the descent and level off within 5000 ft ?