Originally Posted by
Icelanta
Regarding stall recovery:
the absolute best help is the FPA Flight path Angle ( the Bird on AB).
The difference between your Aircraft symbol ( Pitch) and the FPA is your Angle of Attack.
In a stall, especially a fully developed deep stall, where you need to pitch down heavily, and hunt the recovery by a deep nose-dive, (on B747 for example),reducing and then keeping the distance on your PFD between your pitch indicator and the FPA will give you the best recovery and avoid a secondary stall.
This should be demonstrated during your next Upset recognition and recovery training.
Why do all aircraft with AoA vanes not have an AoA indicator in the cockpit? It's 2020. When it all goes to hell, why force the pilots to switch to FPA then dedicate brain power to interpreting it? A flashing red AoA indicator (similar to what Boeing has on the 737) would go a long way. It may even have helped the MAX crews diagnose the problem a bit earlier.
As an aside, does anyone know if the accident airplanes had AoA displays?