Originally Posted by
FullWings
Which would be fine if the manual trim was actually effective throughout the flight envelope but it seems it may not be, for practical purposes...
The underlying presumption in this particular case is that the pilots could have used the fully functioning Main Electric Trim to return the aircraft to somewhere close to an in-trim state before turning off the electrics. Yes, we know that didn't happen, and the reason why that didn't happen is an important discussion. However, we need to first recognize that the capability was actually there.