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Originally Posted by Rodey
Right, but I thought Boeing issued procedures around that. From what I've read, disabling the electronic trim and switching to manual trim resolves it.
There was an article about some US pilots complaining about the issue, but none crashed. I'm guessing it's because they were educated on the issue after Lion Air?
I have no issues with the grounding, but it also seems like there is a workaround (disabling the electronic trim) until a software fix comes, so I don't know if it was absolutely necessary.
Then again, I'm not an expert.
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What I can tell you is that yes, some pilots here in the States have been trained that if they find themselves in a similar scenario, to click off all the automation and hand fly. If they have a stab trim runway, they would use the cutout switches.
It's not as simple as the workaround you mentioned. I'm not sure what the answer is, it's way above my pay grade, but some airlines are being majorly impacted by this (mostly Southwest and American). It's a LOT of flights to cancel over the coming days, weeks, months, etc. depending on how long this drags out. Was it the right move? Up for debate. I'll leave my opinion on that out of here, but no doubt this is majorly impactful.
Southwest is going to have a really, really tough time if this drags out. They're already struggling with a labor dispute.