INDIGO
Surely FDs have nothing to do with recovery from stall and they can be confusing if one doesn't know that they are not to be followed. In TCAS immediate action is FDs off and it is mandatory for a different reason. In automatic TCAS you don't switchoff the FD. EGPWS is a memory item where you ignore FDs. Stall recovery also is a memory item and it doesn't contain action on FDs. In low level stall one doesn't know how much height will be lost. The immediate actions in a stall are reduction of a AoA, wing level, thrust as required, checking speed brakes in which the PF must do before doing anything else. Forgetting any of these can be fatal. Putting the nose below the horizon with FD on or off should not be a such big deal. You may be doing the approach with the bird and if switch off FD first it will reappear with TOGA then you again switch it off? Obsession with FD off which is not essential action can also become a distraction and make you forget something more critical to recovery.
Last edited by vilas; 18th Jun 2018 at 05:40.