Originally Posted by
FGD135
FCeng84, are you saying the stab cutout switches won't stop the MCAS from acting?
FCeng84 was referring to the
column cutout switches, which MCAS
does override (it will trim nose down even when pilot is pulling up - unlike speed trim). The cutout switches on the throttle quadrant
will (if working as designed) stop MCAS.
It seems that everybody here wants to bash Boeing for not training pilots at how to deal with the MCAS inadvertent activation. But Boeing have provided training and guidance. The problem is that this guidance wasn't followed by the Lion Air crew
Umm, Boeing didn't provide pilots with
any information on MCAS until
after Lion Air crashed, pilots were not supposed to need to know about it.
A large part of the problem is that Boeing wants the MAX to be just another NG (for commercial reasons) - MAX pilots can fly it without
any MAX sim time (because there aren't many commercial MAX sims, and it isn't known if any of the have MCAS), the only training is apparently a powerpoint. Try "fixing" the problem by mandating an MCAS sim exercise for all MAX pilots and see how far you get - my prediction is the Boeing will fight it tooth and nail.
To repeat, the MAX is just another NG, it's just that with the same pilots same airlines same everything else, the MAX is a bit crashier...