PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - NYT: How Boeing’s Responsibility in a Deadly Crash ‘Got Buried’
Old 23rd Jan 2020, 08:45
  #75 (permalink)  
RetiredBA/BY
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: London
Age: 79
Posts: 543
Received 36 Likes on 15 Posts
Originally Posted by Twitter
Actually it’s not so simple in the Max case - flying manually allows MCAS to run - AP on inhibits MCAS.

In fault mode, switching off the automatics - or thinking you have, leads to this Gotcha, where you still have a rogue system fighting you.

As it happens, leaving flap out and or AP engaged would have enabled an approach to land - but who could know that at the time?

So the macho just fly it method has its limits.

Excuse my ignorance but isnt the MCAS switched off by the stab.trim cutout switches ?

Trimming by the handwheel.

Nothing macho ( or holier than thou etc.,) about flying a 737 manually, just basic flying skill, which should be possessed by EVERY pilot.
RetiredBA/BY is online now