Originally Posted by
sourdough44
What would of happened if they left the flaps down longer, 1-3000’+ AGL, and done much of the climbout without the autopilot? Of course we’ll naturally keep that nose parked up to control airspeed.
Those 2 things and we wouldn’t be talking about this.
I know, hindsite is easy.
MCAS doesn’t work with the autopilot on. The whole point is to avoid pitching nose up at high AoA when hand flying. Also, if this is the same thing as the Lion Air incident autopilot was probably not an option.
The flight the night before the Lion Ait crash had stick shaker start at rotation, with associated stall warnings which leads one to believe the airspeed is unreliable. Once they climbed away and raised the flaps, MCAS started trimming nose down. The crew the night before used the stab trim cutout switches and landed.