Originally Posted by
Concours77
That sentence is inappropriate. Unless I misunderstand, it raised the question of pilot competence, that hand flying is somehow scary or thin to justify Mayday....it is the default, without AP. They had no choice but to handily. Whether to continue to the destination becomes the issue. The other issue is how did they launch, without trim? They wouldn't have if they knew, imo. So, is no autotrim no go? If MCAS is required equipment for takeoff, is it on the checklist? Also, wouldn't TRIMFAULT (sorry) be on ECAM in position?
C77, if you're referring to my post then perhaps you should read it again. In no way was it intentionally critical.