Originally Posted by
MurphyWasRight
What I was trying to point out is that the "greybeards" statement was that the first thing they would instinctively do when trim acted up for whatever reason was to hit the cutout switches then use the manual wheel to trim, not first attempt to correct the trim using thumb switches.
Thank you for this clarification.
So, after all it appears that for some experienced US pilots, the first thing to do was throw the cutout switches ASAP and then use the manual trim wheel.