Originally Posted by
yoko1
Actually what I have asserted, and continue to assert, is that 1) the Main Electric Trim controlled by the pilot’s yoke switch trumps every other electric trim input including MCAS, 2) and if the pilot does not like where the stab trim is or where it is going, then the solution is immediately available under his/her thumb.
Furthermore, this trim state is not some number read off some gauge - it is an always present tactile sensations. If the pilot is really hand-flying the aircraft, if the pilot is really trying to place the aircraft attitude in a specific place to achieve a specific result, then the pilot will feel the control pressures. If the control pressures are not what the pilot wants, then the pilot needs to do something about it. Once the aircraft is stabilized, then the crew has the opportunity to address the malfunction. We can disagree on whether the crew would recognize the Runaway Trim procedure as the best tool to handle the malfunction, but I’m pretty sure they would find their way to those cutout switches eventually. The key is to do so from a stabilized platform.
A good analogy to this situation would be attempting to ride a strong-willed horse who wants to go somewhere different than the rider. Just because you are holding the reins doesn’t mean you are in control of the horse. An experienced rider will keep a firm hold on those reins and make the horse go where he/she wants. An inexperienced rider will be driven around by the horse. What’s the solution? Give the rider more training in how to drive a stubborn horse.
Yoko,An experienced horse rider will use a combination of "rein" and knee pressure depending on the direction of turn.
Make sure that you’re using your hips with the reins.As you’re steering a horse, maintaining your balance and keeping your chin up, you’ll feel the movement of the horse within the hips. By applying gentle pressure with the hip while applying gentle pressure with the rein, you’ll give the horse the communication cues it needs to understand the direction you wish to head.
At this point, you will either have a horse that willingly responds to what you’re asking or you will have a horse that begins to pull its head down. Bringing the head down is a way to throw a rider off-balance. When you are off-balance, then you do not have the same steering control through the reins.
Instead of correcting the horse if you feel a pull, remember the basics of balance and then maintain them. This will help you to be able to know how to steer a horse with reins even when the horse may have a different direction in mind.
Squeeze your legs as you execute a steering command.With your shoulders and hips stacked and balance achieved, issue the steering command through the reins as you squeeze the horse with your legs. Squeeze behind the girth of the leg which is outside of the turn you wish the horse to make. To turn right, you would be using your left leg in combination with the reins.
At the same time, use your inside leg as you rotate your hips into the turn to apply pressure to the girth of the horse. This movement should correspond with pressure on the reins on the inside of the turn as well.
Think of your position as a straight line. If you wish to turn left, then you would have left rein pressure, left inside girth pressure, and right outside girth pressure. Turning right would create the opposite need. Each cue then creates a straight line through you as the rider to encourage the turn.