Why did they want us to maintain altitude
As I go through the Airbus Upset Recovery Training they mention about how we used to try to maintain altitude in a stall recovery in the sim until the obvious became obvious and it was not longer trained that way.
But one does have to ask, how did it become that way in the first place. Was there a desire by the Powers That Be to not have an ATC violation or was it assumed that a stall could only ever happen close to the ground.
Was this something that came from the manufacturers or the regulators?
Perhaps it is all lost in the sands of time but it would be interesting to know how it was done back in the '60's or earlier.
Anyone?