Originally Posted by
fizz57
So we've come full circle, from "if the plane is playing up fly it manually" to "if the plane is playing up engage the autopilot"
Did the Lion Air crew know this? Specifically, did Boeing tell them?
No, but the ET crew might have done, and I believe there were comments about other crews, before ET, briefing early autopilot engagement to protect against MCAS.
Of course, after ET it's clear that the autopilot can screw you up too and then drop out leaving MCAS to trim you nose down while GPWS warning is going off. I really don't understand why that comment is in LionAir report - we all know now that engaging autopilot to fight MCAS also ends in a smoking crater.