AF447 Thread No. 3

[infrequentflyer789]

Originally Posted by syseng68k

Am droning on a bit again, but, to bring back on topic, found a very interesting
discussion on tech log re aircraft testing and stall:

http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/17316...ver-stall.html

Definately worth a read, imho, but prepare to be disturbed ...

Nice one, fascinating old thread. This post http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/17316...ml#post1878088 is particularly notable:

also did a lot of recoveries from the stall warning, NEVER to the fully developed stall. On one occasion, the student got such a fright as the overly assertive stall warning triggered, that he applied full BACK stick, precipitating the full stall. On that day, my own full stall exposure paid big dividends. It can, and does, happen.

Hopefully, one day, pilots will receive simulator training in recognition of and recovery from the full stall. Until that day, the title of this forum should perhaps have been amended from "Can airliners recover from a stall?" to "Can airline pilots recover from a stall?"

One particularly prescient poster, or an industry doomed to repeat history until it learns from it ?