Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
No, the six minutes was the result. Had the PF used electric trim ANU they could have had as much time as they wanted to try a memory item, like turning off the trim system.
Some aircraft do not have a manual trim wheel, this one does. Get the trim somewhere near correct with the electric trim switch and then turn off the trim. As 737 Driver keeps saying, this is not test pilot territory. It is basic flying skills, trim away the pressure.
Valid in a normal out of trim situation. But when an automatic system is actively pushing trim nose down to that extent? Repeatedly? And the only way to fix the problem (MCAS) is to switch out the solution (elec trim) as well? Yes this is test pilot territory.