Originally Posted by
PEI_3721
A technical point which I may have missed: with the stick full back, MCAS remained active, but the main electric trim is disabled by the lower stick cutout switch. In this condition would any pilot stick-top trim switch have any effect in moving the trim?.
The column cutout stops trim opposing the stick. If pulling up the cutout does not prevent ANU trim.
MCAS trims opposite the column (to make it harder to continue pulling up) which is why it had to bypass the column cutout.