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Old 30th Jun 2019, 10:33
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Originally Posted by Eesh
I have a stupid question, may be better to get it discounted early.

When MCAS is active, could there be any difference in the control of electric trim from the trim switches at the Captains side and the FO side?
The Lion air Captain was winding back the trim wheel for seconds. The FO who was watching this all the time suddenly decided to use only blips, looks strange.

-Sanish
Very good question, though I have no idea of the answer!? We have been told that MCAS operates on alternate AOA sensors, so it might be that the FCC that was running MCAS would have a different workload from the other FCC.
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