Originally Posted by PA 18 151
In this situation. The aircraft knew it was stalled, knew it's pitch angle, and had consistent and valid airspeeds. What more info do you want before you start to lower the nose?
Other than the inconsistent airspeeds that began this waltz ...
You have returned us to the issue of not knowing the AoA.
If the aircraft "knows it is stalled" but the pilots don't, what are your suggestions?
Follow on to that is: what were they trained to do in the case that they had stalled the aircraft?
There was posted either in this thread, or in the one at Rumors and News, a graphic depicting a 16 deg nose up on a display. You might see that on a departure climb, but how often in cruise?
This takes me to BOAC's question about a crew allowing their aircraft to head into orbit: what airline pilot, flying at altitude, would find a 16 deg nose up attitude something other than abnormal?
Why would either let that nose attitude sustain?
This goes back to what may not be answerable: what did each member of that cockpit crew see in front of him, and what was he paying most attention to?