but it didn't help the poor sods on G-ARPI.
Forgive me if I'm wrong but I think G-ARPI stalled and crashed because the leading edge slats were retracted way too soon. No amount of pushing or pulling on the stick was going to help that one.
Regarding the Buffalo crash we seem to be concentrating on a single issue here when there were multiple reasons for this crash. Certainly the ultimate reason was that the crew (both of them) mishandled the stall but then they had mishandled (or neglected) the aircraft all the way to that point so is that not surprising? Other factors to come into play were fatigue and poor knowledge of the aircraft (either due to poor type endorsement or lack of inquiry on the part of the crew).