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Sliceback
Have you ever been qualified on a non-FBW Boeing? Exactly how many seconds do you think you have with a 'runawy stabilizer' (old term) or 'uncommanded stabilzer movement (new term)??? Your posts either show a significant lack of knowledge or you're trying to ignore the truth - with a runaway stabilizer you have seconds before you can lose control of the aircraft. Not minutes, seconds. The MCAS failure looks like....an 'uncommanded stabilizer movement'. It has the same result - trim wheel moving uncontrollably. The corrective action that the industry thought every airline pilot knew? Turn off the stabilzer trim switches. What was the expected reaction time? I think I read 4 seconds. Slight nuances between different models but the basic steps are the same - turn the stab switches off, leave them off, maintain present airspeed or do not exceed x KIAS. Checklist. What can you do? Trim manually as the FIRST incident crew did. What did they do with this allegely fatal flaw? They continued to their destination. How fatal was this 'flaw' when a crew just 'remained calm and carried on'???
You're right, it's such a non-event that they grounded the airplane for over a year, and even US pilot unions were demanding more information and training. And of course, there was the published Boeing "MCAS failure checklist/procedure" to follow, which was highlighted during the Boeing MCAS training right? And of course how could they possibly have missed the "MCAS failure" warning light and/or message!
You're right. Nothing to see here.