Originally Posted by
Whispering T-Jet
Whilst that crew proved they could actually fly, they then made an appalling "airmanship" decision to fly hundreds of miles over high terrain to Jakarta with an effectively jammed stab and no autopilot instead of returning to the 10,000' RWY in Bali 20-30 nm away. Furthermore the incident was not fully written up in the tech log. Commercial pressure maybe....
At this point MCAS has NOT been implicated although something - voice reports from other aircraft indicate unreliable airspeed - happened. It seems probable they didn't even make flap retraction height (thereby discounting MCAS unless they retracted flaps below flap ret. ht.).
While we are waiting for some actual CVR/DFDR facts maybe you would like to read about Ethiopian's last 737 prang here:
https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2010/et-...b100125.en.pdf which in one sentence can be summarised as: pilots can't fly.
I'll get on a Max tomorrow if flown by say, Southwest.
They did not have a jammed stab. The manual trim system works just fine and is easy to use. It’s a non event.