So how do you all feel about the preference of some US instructors to recover at the stall warner, by adding power and maintaining level flight?
I scared the "@@@@" out of one US CFI on my first BFR (different story) by using letting the stall develop to the break and then using the UK recovery of pitching slightly down as I added power ... the height loss was only about 100'. CRM broke down, since we agreed to do stalls, but never discussed the recovery technique, both of us assuming that we knew what the other was expecting - I was his first UK stude and vice versa
- that was a useful learning point in itself.
He did explain that he was concerned that recovering in this fashion was dangerous, since the critical stalls would be enountered at low level and there was a risk of hitting the gound unless level flight was maintained. He quoted an FAA advisory, but it was back in 1996 and I can't remember the reference to be honest. He also explained that is why they are so keen on stall recognition and prevention in the US ... i.e recovering at the warner, not the actual break.
BTW, I do agree with Englishal's view.