Trimming electric plus manual at the same time, wasn't that the reason of the Alaska Airlines crash?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska...nes_Flight_261
See how much debating is going on in both threads, see how much we have learned more about the system in the last weeks.
Those poor fellas had to find a solution in just minutes with a situation that was running out of hand big time, causing confusion and CCR breakdown. I wouldn't point a finger yet at the guys up front. Most likely I'll never will.
Let's face it, I admit honestly I wouldn't like to have been in that scenario.
Although I've have never flow 737's but nearly all of the 747 versions, I wonder if I would have made the day with the right decisions.