Originally Posted by
RAT 5
A crew I knew had an engine rundown, at night, FL370. There was the startle factor, and they went for the Engine Malfunction analysis first. Very very quickly they got the stick shaker. And then what. The recovery at FL 370 will lose you >2500'. Thinks move faster than you think. And in that stall recovery you get an RA; then what do you do? Meanwhile you haven't contacted ATC yet during the WTF moment.
Surely you're not suggesting that this crew should have prioritized the changing of a transponder setting over flying the airplane during this "WTF moment"
that led to a stick shaker?