Originally Posted by
FullWings
From one of the media reports:
So, this MAX pilot’s first response to a stall warning (which could be genuine) is to deactivate the trim. This is a terrible indictment of the awful kludge which the airframe and control systems are on the MAX, that something like an incipient low-level stall comes second in priority to MCAS. The even sillier thing is that if it was a genuine stick shake, you’ve now disabled the system that was going to help you recover...
So true! And with the flaps extended there is no need to worry about MCAS.
But still the Most important question is:
Why did they not use electric Stab trim to get back into an in trim condition without any control column pitch forces and then Hit the cutout switches???