Originally Posted by
Ian W
It is NOT a pilot's fault if you are put into a position that you are not trained for but had the pilots been trained then they could have flown the aircraft back safely that is Boofhead's point.
The pilots’ abilities in a situation like ET and Li need to be broken down into two distinct parts.
The first is their knowledge, understanding of, and ability to successfully carry out to the runaway trim checklist to a point where trim is restored to normal or near normal enough to safely continue the flight. This is something the pilots need to know although we seem to be in agreement that this is something which has been neglected of late, not least because of the comparative rarity of runaway trim incidents. This is a general training issue.
The second is the ability to diagnose the problem facing them and apply the correct checklist in time to remedy the situation. This is an MCAS specific issue.
Did the accident flights end as they did because the pilots were not able to execute the runaway trim checklist or was it that they left it too late to execute that checklist due to difficulties experienced in working through the problem? Difficulties which continued to beset them even after they had started to apply the correct procedure?