NIGEL
one thing that has not been determined is whether or not spanair teaches takeoff stall recovery as I have mentioned.
you speak of superior skills and that...this would also speak to the idea that spanair didn't allocate the resources in their training and evaluation department to create superior pilots.
I recall a TWA L1011 that crashed on takeoff when a stall warning was activated and the copilot gave up flying the plane and the captain put it back on the runway...hard.
at least that one was survivable. imagine if spanair had cut throttles and crashed upon the runway.
oh well, I hope future pilots will remember spanair and detroit in the same breath.