Can anybody, and preferably a pilot, comment on the practical use of an AoA indicator ? How would you "fly" it ? How would you train for using it ? In particular during an unrecognised stall at F370 ?
I've flown with the AOA indicator for the aforesaid carrier landings role, and given the choice I would want one in the cockpit of any highly wing loaded aircraft I was flying, whether or not it was flying aboard a ship.
We used it also for maneuvering limits, unusual attitude recovery (to avoid entering a spin) and it was always available as a backup to airspeed for lowering gear and flaps as well as setting a safe approach speed.
Now you guys flying airliners around do not plan on landing on aircraft carriers, but the maneuvering limits and unusual attitude recovery would have applied very well to AF447.
So next time a bird plugs up your pitot tube, what do you plan to do for an alternative?