Originally Posted by
Speed of Sound
Aside from which, this is probably the most widely known about topic in recent aviation history. Not only will almost all 737 MAX pilots be aware of what is likely to face them in the sim, but will have read about it and most likely have all memory items associated with it, off pat.
If this sim testing did not produce a 100% successful outcome rate, I would be very, very worried regardless of the calibre of pilots selected.
One can hope that the Lion air and Ethiopian investigators did such testing early on before it became widely known and discussed.
In fact the Ethiopian accident suggests that the crew was not fully aware and ready to pounce on MCAS, although in that case partial knowledge may have been deadly if it led to disabling electric trim before achieving neutral trim.