Originally Posted by
Maninthebar
I suspect you are right, though note that this solution will need to be applied to the NG also, and that all the checklists that require use of the trim wheel will need to be rewritten and training provided.
Rewriting two checklists and half an hour in the simulator will be nothing compared to installing 7,000+ trim servos to the existing NG fleet. I presume that this will be phased in and mandated to be completed by a set date rather than seeing the entire NG fleet grounded which would be political and economic dynamite in the US..