Originally Posted by
Maninthebar
So far as I remember the (sometimes heated) discussion there were those who maintained, and probably still maintain, that the memory drill for Runaway Stabiliser Trim would have saved both crews AND that this was the common sense 'airmanship' response to the situation in which the crews found themselves.
I remember that
each* of those checklists, Airspeed Unreliable and Runaway Stabilizer Trim were touted as the 'magic bullet', at times, depending on which failure of the aircraft or of the accident pilots was under discussion at the moment.
* separately, not together.