Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
How come it is OK that the MAX is the only in production airliner anywhere that does not have the capability of separating the Captains and Copilots control wheel/stick in the event of a control jam.
Not sure where you got this but the MAX has the same mechanism which allows one side to operate controls in case of a jam on the other side. Someone posted a chart of the FDR traces awhile back showing the differing force inputs on CA and FO's control columns. In the Lion Air crash there indeed was indications of a split after the Captain handed off the aircraft to the FO. Since we haven't heard anything about an actual jam or mechanical failure with the controls the most likely explanation seems to be a case of the FO kneecapping the Captain when he pulled full back on the column in response to an MCAS input, and thhen the subsequent clusterf**k would have contributed to the subseqent loss of control. If that's what happened the final CVR transcripts would tell the story.