Originally Posted by
Flyhighfirst
I wonder why those 2 crews on the MAX didn’t think to “turn the auto pilot off, and point it in the right direction”? Oh, wait a minute…
The autopilot was not on in the Max accidents. To have survived they needed to disable the trim system via the large red guarded trim disable switches and adjusted power to maintain an appropriate aiespeed. They did neither. Still with the auto trim interruption system via stick position and counter trim the Captains on both flights were able to maintain control until they handed the aircraft over to very inexperienced co pilots.