If the trim does not stop by using the cutoff switches they say to hold the trim wheel. Does this mean it may not be disabled by the cutout switches? It would make sense that the FAA would not want the MCAS system to be disabled since it's there for an aircraft handling issue. If MCAS can be disabled by the cutout switches then why did Boeing just reiterate the use of the runaway trim abnormal?
737 Cockpit Companion has updated already and according to that one of the conditions for MCAS is to have the flaps up, so I would assume that if you took Flap 1 that could possibly stop it. I doubt Boeing are going to write that as a procedure though.
Here is what the author of the 737Max Review in Business and Commercial Aviation said in June 2017 Edition about the stall characteristics:
. We also flew an approach to stall in the clean configuration, a maneuver we had practiced with Otsuka in the Max 8 engi- neering simulator at Boeing’s Seattle campus. When the stall warning stick shaker was triggered, we consciously pushed forward on the control wheel to reduce pitch attitude and advanced the thrust levers to near maximum. As the engines accelerated, the resulting thrust caused a pronounced nose-up pitching moment. We countered the effect with ample push on the wheel and plenty of nose-down pitch trim on the stabilizer.
They did mention the STS earlier in the article but no mention of MCAS and they had a play in the simulator prior to the test flight.