Originally Posted by
silverstrata
Plus you go for the stab-trim cutout switches, and you forget they are down for off, while all the other switches on the 737 are up for off. (Why is Boeing so stupid...?) So you shout to the f/o, above the noise of the shaker and the trimmer, 'did you turn the stab-tim switches off', to which he-she replies 'yes' - meaning he placed the switches upwards. But this turns the trim on, not off.
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Are you kidding me? Are you flying a 737?
I think that all 737 pilots know this switch goes down instead of up to turn it off.
We are not a bunch of monkey’s. Pilots that dont know the direction a switch goes should not be allowed to fly.
Perhaps Boeing also should change the direction of the Engine Start levers. We might do it wrong.