Originally Posted by
Chesty Morgan
Most definitely is. I haven't seen the Lion Air data so I don't know if it ran full forward and stayed there or something else. Obviously startle factor might play a part as well but I'm not sure how startling the trim running slowly forward would be but maybe combined with the stall warning going off wouldn't encourage you to haul back as hard as you can.
I'm only saying that it is controllable at either extreme. Just.
Believe me Chesty I’m not attempting to downplay your expertise, nor the basic nuts and bolts required to save this situation. Unfortunately it appears that two professional airline crews have been unable to prevent their aircraft from flying them into the ground/sea. That sort of ticks the easier said than done box for me.
There are many more moving parts to this story, and I’m afraid we’re not just referring to the trim wheel.