There was actually a test with Southwest Airlines line pilots, and it took them a minute to get to the stab trim cutout in response to this issue. https://www.c

There was actually a test with Southwest Airlines line pilots, and it took them a minute to get to the stab trim cutout in response to this issue. https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/3BBE2CD5-AE41-4048-9C50-DC7B59D644CB https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/3BBE2CD5-AE41... The Ethiopian Airlines pilots did get to the stab trim cutout as well (probably because they had read the emergency directive Boeing sent out) but were unable to manually trim afterwards due to the forces involved - had they cut airspeed at the start they probably would have been able to do so, but that was not part of the instructions at the time. For an analysis of the situation they were in, see https://leehamnews.com/2019/04/05/bjorns-corner-et302-crash-report-the-first-analysis/ https://leehamnews.com/2019/04/05/bjorns-corner-et302-crash-...