Originally Posted by
rmac2
Its a fair point. And a clear AOA indication will grant further cognition of the condition. However a trim system that repeatedly trys to shove the nose in to the deck despite the crews efforts to trim back to level flight and cumulatively builds up forces that quickly require two sets of hands pulling on the control column might be the clue that MCAS is trying to kill you ?
As a non-737 pilot who has followed the discussion here since Lion Air fairly closely, it seems to me that by far, the surer bet in response to the trim going haywire is to shut off the trim via the switches provided in a prominent place, that will prevent ANY of the hodge podge software modules from moving the trim, than to invent your own procedure that attempts to outsmart the system logic and prevent just ONE of those modules from moving the trim, that you have primed yourself to think about due to the last crash. What if it's not the MCAS, but the STS? or the next secret patch that Boeing will reveal next year? Or simple classic runaway trim?
Cast my vote with the "follow the procedure" crowd.