DozyWannabe, 1896
Wrong again. The "test pilots" would have been quite capable of taking
the aircraft to a genuine stall as part of certification testing. You're
confusing line pilot stall/incipient stall training (which certainly
looks deficient with 20/20 hindsight) with Airbus's own testing of it's
aircraft and systems.
Ok, but "quite capable" only implies that the a/c was tested beyond
incipient stall conditions as part of the certification process. I've
read elsewhere that this is not the case, as it is considered too
dangerous. This of course begs the question: If the a/c hasn't been
tested in deep stall, with known good recovery procedure, how can
one expect the pilots to recover under such conditions ?.
I think I mentioned this in another post, but got no response. Perhaps
you have a reference to a document that describes the full certification
process, including deep stall recovery ?...