Originally Posted by
Zorin_75
I hope they weren't trained for NU inputs, as that obviously doesn't work all that well to prevent loss of altitude... Procedure at that time called for pitch reduction to 5°.
I think your hope on training is sadly misplaced. See
Stop Stalling | Flight Safety Foundation [reference posted earlier by others]
It seems approach to stall training (and possibly all stall training) has become "lose altitude and fail check", leading to NU inputs, resulting in stall.
I suspect we will add 447 to the list of crashes quoted by the boeing guy. At least the problem has been recognised and will hopefully now get fixed.
[I'm still interested in what caused the initial climb into the stall though - like Bear says, the seconds either side of A/P disconnect are the key].