Originally Posted by
Speed of Sound
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..
For the NG there is probably an out by revising the checklist to re-incorporate the use of 2 (auto and all) cutout switches.
Can probably make the case that non auto instigated trim runaway is very unlikely (common english, not attempting to use certification levels) so having manual electric trim available would suffice.
The service history would also support this.
For MAX this would also require modifying the cutout switches to revert to NG functionality. Although a HW mod it would be trivial compared to adding extra power assist or even mechanical tweaks (foldout ratchets etc) to wheel.
Have to say I do like the image of the battery operated drills coming to the rescue
