Originally Posted by
jagema
Control column cutout switches do not inhibit MCAS trimming (which makes sense if you think why the system was designed in the first place, but also no sense to a 737 pilot that doesn't expect the trimwheel to move AND when pulling up, pre-MCAS discovery).
The control column trim switches are not the "cutout" switches. I'm inclined to believe [Late edit: it turns out, wrongly] that central cutout switches have authority over MCAS, but control column trim switches do not, contrary to
Originally Posted by
ecto1
Column switch vs mcas, column wins.
But again, do we have an authoritative answer, based on some circuit diagram, manual, first-hand knowledge?