CoolP wrote on Jul 14^th, 2012 at 11:42am:

Well, as you saw in Bud's post, the technique already is part of any 737 emergency checklist. Quote: Loss of control checklist 1) hydraulic pressure > check if present 2) stab trim setting > adjust to typical cruise value 3) twiddle > no matter what 4) re-twiddle if necessary 5) keep on twiddling That's from an official Boeing doc, trust me.  8-) They've revised that checklist quite often. The first one just read [quote]Slowly apply pressure to .. your FO to handle the situation, dammit!

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STOP! I'm splitting my sides in laughter and it hurts! Enough! >:(


WAIT! No, DON'T STOP. The pain in my sides is not as bad as my usual pain! Joke away! ;D ;D ;D