AF447 Thread No. 3

[Lonewolf_50]

From GB's link:

Loss of control following an upset is the largest single cause of airline crashes and fatalities.

Stick shakers and pushers are warnings of last resort, and pilot attitudes or experience may lead to such indications being ignored or wrongly attributed, resulting in no or incorrect actions.

Training issue, which appears to be what the paper intended to address.

Pre-stall indicators do not provide sufficiently timely or accurate cues to alert the crew to a developing situation. More flexible types of indicators, which can be integrated into primary cockpit displays, have been developed which provide dynamic information on the aircraft’s attitude and velocity with respect to its normal flight envelope. These could provide the cues needed to alert pilots to developing situations, and to provide guidance on aircraft handling and performance during recovery manoeuvres.

I wonder how many pilots disagree with that bolded part? This bit looks toward tools, rather than training ... but training (personal bias here) is the higher payoff target. You get another tool, you just added to your training requirement.