rspilot
You've got to be kidding: quote
"You are very right...in the MD80, stall recovery is to acually pitch the nose up slightly during stick shaker and you won't lose one foot of altitude."
If this isn't one of the scariest statements I've read in a long time, I don't know what is. During approach to a stall, stick shaker is NOT a stall, the first thing to do is reduce the angle of attack to below shaker. That means lower the nose. Loss of altitude is quite often a necessity. How much altitude loss depends strictly on your altitude. At FL350 be prepared to lose several thousand feet. Pulling up at shaker approaching a stall at high altitudes could mean, secondary stall, over booting an engine, compressor stall, loss of control.
The FAA PTS only talks about minimum loss of altitude, the acceptable 'number of feet lost' is not published ANYWHERE. Check it out.
Please, do some reading or get some instruction on low and high altitude stalls before you toss out such an incorrect statement.
(just trying to help)
Willie
