Early Simulator Trials Foreshadowed Boeing 737 MAX Pilot Issues

September 18, 2020
737 MAX flight deck
Boeing assumed pilots would quickly use both the electric trim switches and cutout switches to counter an MCAS-related stabilizer runaway.
Credit: Collins Aerospace
Six years before the crew flying a Lion Air Boeing 737-8 reacted to an emergency in a very different way than Boeing assumed pilots would, something similar happened within Boeing’s walls. During simulator sessions to evaluate a new flight control law’s potential hazards, Boeing test pilots took...

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