Originally Posted by
pineteam
Any properly trained Pilots should notice if the trim is doing a runaway. It's barely moving in normal flight ( on A320 at least) and if for any reasons it's going crazy, it's easy to override it manually.
Really ?
I did the complete A320 TR and flew for only 4-5 minutes in direct law with man pitch trim.
Then I never had to worry about this wheel ever again.
I never had any trim runaway exercise or anything similar.
Plus, the wheel is not in the primary visual circuit, not even in the secondary visual circuit, and many accidents showed that it's not that easy to notice and override manually (Boeing had the same flaw with MCAS). And if you missed the movement, there is not a single indication that visibly indicates that there is something dangerous back there.