Boeing 737 MAX Discussion

[Cryten]

Originally Posted by Jim Smyth

The additional hardware was a light bulb. Which in this case was totally useless. There is a 8" metal wheel on each side of the center control console. It moves all the time. If your resting your knee on it and it moves it wakes you up pretty quick. Its also really noisey if it starts spinning and you wont be able to ignore it. Pilots practice runaway trim scenarios all the time in the Simulator. So you dont need a light bulb to tell you the trim is moving.

There clearly aren't many pilots on this thread, making our discussion largely useless. No one seems to get how hard it is to ignore the trim wheels when they get going, especially when the shin smasher is folded out like it is in your photo.