Aircraft pitch angle
Hi all!
Your aircraft is in a descend, with a pitch down attitude. You then decide to pitch even more down. Has the pitch angle now increased or decreased? I'd say it has increased, because the angle between a/c long. axis and the horizon has increased, but some say that the already negative angle is now even "more negative", thus meaning that the pitch angle has decreased?
Any of you techies out there with a clear definition on this, as this is creating some confusion on the ATPL PE exam...
Thanks.