An apology if this has already been covered but 70+ pages are an awful lot to wade through. Has there been discussion about what the pilots did at 500 feet when they suddenly realised that they were about to stall? Yes I know they applied power, but did they push the nose down and gain speed at expense of height?
I write as a retired pilot (18,000 hrs) and a glider pilot. Gliders often fly very close to the stall and we know all about stall recovery. I never of course got into that situation experienced by the Turkish crew, but I have to wonder: Did they (in addition to applying TOGA power) push it down, if necessary descending almost to ground level if necessary in order to gain speed? From the reports that the tail impacted first, I would presume that they didn’t. I have indeed been in situations myself (military operations) when speed was essential at the expense of height.
More incipient stall recovery training needed perhaps?