Originally Posted by
Rananim
BobM2
Yes you are of course correct but that doesnt alter the fact that crews who
elect to retract flaps and climb to MSA as per SOP would face
all 3 concurrently with flaps up.You assert that no crew would retract
flaps and climb to MSA to perform checklists and I hope you
are right.I agree with not retracting flaps and just landing from circuit height
but I dont assume thats what all crews would do,especially
if unfamiliar with MCAS.
You are right. At least 2 crews, maybe 3 did accelerate, clean up, & got into a worse mess. These occurrences were all in good weather with long runways immediately available. There was no need to climb to an MSA, but you could if you felt a need to troubleshoot or read checklists. The main thing is don't change the take-off configuration as long as the airplane is flying normally. You are not paid or qualified to be a test pilot, especially with passengers on board.