All we can suspect, so far, is that the PF was attempting to do something as we have those stick imputs recorded. But what exactly was he really attempting to do? For me, it looks like he was trying to fly alpha-max as, at each STALL alarm, he reacted the same way by applying back stick imputs. It is called tunnel vision, sticking with the wrong choice by thinking that it is the good one.
I wonder why you call it
tunnel vision instead of a
conditioned response to procedural training,
pattern mapping, or
learned behavior.
PJ2 has time and again pointed out that a malfunction need not be treated as an emergency, nor turned into one, and I agree with that with the following caveat: once stall warning horn goes off, perhaps the crew went into emergency mode rather than malfunction mode. What was the last training session (that this crew participated in) involving stall warning horns dedicated to?
Recency and proficiency are training factors that must be considered.
(Once again, the pitch and power chorus will ask
'where was
that conditioned response when warranted?'
in a lyrical, multipart harmony.)
takata:
When's the last time you taught someone how to do something?
How did you do it?