Originally Posted by
derjodel
35 seconds. That is exactly the time "wasted" by captain Sullenberger's reaction time - he could have landed at La Guardia had he reacted "properly"!
In other words, Sully would have crashed this airplane, too. Must be a terrible pilot with no skills and no aviation safety insight.
Okay, Sully wasn't piloting a 737, but let's say he did. Somehow I just don't think Sully would have allowed his stab trim to run for
9 continuous seconds (that would be 37 spins of the trim wheel) before doing something about it, say like hitting the yoke trim switch with his left thumb. I certainly don't think he would let that happen
twice. Maybe we should also note that Sully wasn't piloting Lion Air 610 the day before the accident (same aircraft, different crew in the very first documented case of the MCAS malfunction), and yet they still managed to figure out that when an automated system puts in some stab trim you don't want, it is entirely possible to take it right back out again.