Originally Posted by
wheelsright
What I find difficult to read in this thread are people that have assumed what happened and assumed that it was immediately clear to the pilots what was required. .
What's immediately clear and overwhelmingly obvious is that when I'm pulling the control column to climb and the jet's not climbing but trimming nose down, is to stop the forward moving trim wheel either with my right hand or my right thigh/knee and simultaneously order the copilot to cut the stab trim switches. Just like that. Instinctively when the jet is not responding to my control inputs. Because for the moment I don't need to THINK nor to KNOW whether it's MCAS or just a runaway trim. It's elementary, instinctive hands-on flying reaction by an experienced pilot. The 29 year old purported 8000 hour captain seemed to be weaned on automation over-dependence and obviously lacked depth in manual flying skills. Turning on A/P with stick shaker, oblivious to approaching VMO at low altitude... Sad.