A bit off track, but as much of the discussion has been on the limitations of automation and the pilot response.
People ridicule the upset recovery system used by Cirrus in its user friendly SE GA aircraft.
I bet if the 3 crew faced with the first 15 -18000 ft of altitud loss had a magic (last resort button ) to press that would rectify the upset, and put it back in S and L flight attitude at 85 % odd throttle , they would have been more than relieved.
Last edited by Mimpe; 13th August 2011 at 12:36.