Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux

The trim bias on an auto land sequence is considerable. A go around at 50 feet with a high thrust setting coupled with a stabilizer runaway at low altitudes would be extremely challenging for even experienced 737 pilots, particularly with the “startle factor”. (For example).

Which hasn’t happened, as far as I know.

It would be interesting to have thrown some of the MCAS failures at regular crews in the sim with no warning back when this came out and see what happened.

—

(“Understanding Air France 447” was a great book if you know Airbus systems. The scenario that killed everyone on board that flight had previously been dealt with successfully a couple of times by NWA crews. There was also a known AD that was addressing the mechanical weak point over time; I suppose the takeaway is to be aware of ADs for your aircraft all the time and be ready for possible consequences).