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Old 20th Mar 2019, 11:08
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Livesinafield
 
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The FAA's directive orders airlines within three days to update flight manuals to include specific steps pilots should take to recover.

"They should disengage the autopilot and start controlling the aircraft's pitch using the control column and the "main electric trim", the FAA say. Pilots should also flip the aircraft's stabiliser trim switches to "cutout". Failing that, pilots should attempt to arrest downward pitch by physically holding the stabilizer trim wheel, the FAA adds"
FAA directive to airlines released in Nov last year about arresting trim runaways on the MAX

I think many pilots will deal with this issue alone fairly well, throw in a few other issues like speed mismatch etc or alt mismatch and all of a sudden the situation right after takeoff becomes very dire indeed and is going to require some serious focus
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