Originally Posted by
TBC Retired
It occurs to me that the usual scenario for a runaway stabilizer is that pilot has just commanded a trim change and a failure caused the stab to continue to the limit of its travel. Does that not give the pilot a clue that the problem he's experiencing might be connected to his action of changing the trim? He's been trained for that possibility and presumably has practiced the procedure of cutting the switches. Without knowledge of MCAS and the possibility that something external to the pilot might command the stabilizer to move, how in the world would he recognize what's happening and what to do?
The control column pressure, the spinning trim wheels rubbing his legs and the loud noise they make.