'Skip to Descent' on 737 Max airline flight puts plane at 0kts at TOD

[ZeekR5430]

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
Using the ‘Skip to Descent’ on an airline flight can place the 737 at the top of descent at 0kts. Plane recovered from stall but received 0% score for the aircraft integrity rating upon completion. Also the flight plan was deleted on the FMS from skipping.

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:
737 Max

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

Just happened once, I have not attempted to use the skip again.

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

1. When the option appears, do the ‘Skip to Descent’ keybind in the 737 Max.
2. 0kts, uncontrollable stall entry, screaming passengers…

YOUR SETTINGS

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What peripherals are you using, if relevant:
N/A

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
No

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
4070 Ti Super

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
N/A

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[kiki1244551]

For frequency of issue: I have done missions with the 737 max multiple times and this occurs all times with no exceptions so far

[Jlpmirs]

This happens to me as well. I have to fly the entire 737 mission without skipping to descent. I can’t sit at my computer for that long. If skip to descent is an option, then it needs to be a viable option

[BragRaindrop933]

Same issue for me seen last night, skipping just stalls the aircraft and you have to nose down and full throttle to recover, but then take a rep hit and respect the aircraft points hit if you do finish.