Originally Posted by
Turbine70
If you don't have command of the aircraft, because the automation is overriding your inputs, then regaining command precedes regaining control.
A technical clarification is in order. At no time did the automation (i.e. MCAS) "override" pilot inputs. Quite the reverse - the pilot actuated Main Electric Trim actually overrode the automation every time it was used. The problem was that MCAS did not stop making inputs after the pilots intervened, and the pilots flying the accident aircraft did not make sufficient Main Electric Trim inputs to compensate for the unwanted MCAS inputs - which BTW, was the key to maintaining attitude control.
Why the pilots did not make those stab trim inputs aggressively enough is separate discussion.