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Old 3rd Aug 2011, 20:32
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Originally Posted by GarageYears
...but it seems to me this incident and the Buffalo crash seem to warrant a stage 2 warning beyond approach to stall, that instantly and unequivocally let's the crew know what is happening and has the key resolution (AoA reduction) as the key tag-line?
GPWS works like this, I'd say. "Sink Rate! Sink Rate!" and then "Pull up! Pull up!"

You could have Betty give an explicit suggestion (like "Pull up!") for a developed stall: "Nose down!" or something. Of course I agree that pilots should be able to recognize the development of a stall, but it's been shown that pilots can fly perfectly good airplanes in to the ground without recognizing they're about to do so-- which case presumably led to the development of GPWS to begin with.

I like this idea, although (humor follows) the confusion of messages close to the ground would be interesting: "Sink rate"... "Impending stall"... "Stall! Nose down!"... "Pull up!"
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