Originally Posted by
barrow
This incident is really interesting. That crew apparently fought their trim system for what seemed like a long time. Leaving aside the obviously sub-optimal design of the 737-MAX, nevertheless with a runaway trim (or MCAS), in the MAX it came down to "Turn off two switches to live". And in this case, the above procedure doesn't seem overly complex, either. How is it that pilots are not performing these procedures within just a minute of when trim or trim-related systems are malfunctioning? And these folks immediately declared it a runaway trim, also.
Obviously I'm making a big assumption about what the failure mode was in this case. I suppose it could be something that was not readily handled by the above procedure.