Originally Posted by Duffman

I don't fly 73s, but I'd really appreciate clarification on the following:
-I thought the pitch trim cutouts wouldn't work with an MCAS, so it'd trim you full nose down after a few activations and the trim runaway memory items wouldn't solve the problem,
-I also thought the quick disconnect didn't work on the MCAS and both captains had hammered that button to no effect,
-I also thought if you trimmed it the other way, it would stop the aircraft from trimming more nose down, but wouldn't allow you to trim up, so after a couple of MCAS activations, there just wasn't enough control authority in the elevator to save the aircraft

Also, with MCAS, do you see the trim wheel on the center console spinning? Or is it bypassing it and just running the jackscrew in the tail? If it is spinning, can you jam it, stomp on it, or even spin it in the opposite direction? Or would that be like fighting a 1000 ft-lb impact driver?

I'm not trying to start anything, just genuinely curious.