Disso..
Long time lurker, first time poster, but this situation is just too frustrating to stay silent about.
"Quote:
Originally Posted by
wiggy 
It might well lead to the sensation of a steep climb (cf. somatogravic illusion) but I don’t see how that sensation, in isolation, could lead a competent pilot to think the aircraft might be in a stall..."
The missing link that you're missing, and everyone else whom doesn't understand why the FO thought they were 'stalling,' is THIS:
SOMATOGRAVIC ILLUSION WHILE IN IMC.
Well actually no, I hadn't missed "somatogravic illusion", I'd merely chosen not to type it in bold characters..
If a trained pilot perceives a nose high pitch attitude and
immediately equates that/verbalises it as a stall then I am in violent agreement with 172 driver.