Should we continue to go around the maypole? "But the pilot put it there", YES. We shouldn't have to design a/c as if pilot's will STALL them?
Oh, yes, we should?
Forgive me Lyman, perhaps I'm thick, but I really do not understand what you're saying here??? Please, if you choose to answer me, make it clear for me, will you? Without your question marks further confusing me as to your point?
Also, re: "
I do doubt that the THS is vital for recovery."
....so again, I don't understand why you're going on about it?
If, and regardless of the pilot's skillset, the a/c is gonna STALL, pumping a TRIM WHEEL to get back to square one seems at the very least counterintuitive, if not demonstrably fatal.
Unnecessary. All he had to do was hold a nose down input and the trim would have followed. But counterintuitive? I should think trimming is no such thing to an experienced pilot! It's probably as close to naturally intuitive among pilots as lifting a wing when it falls. You said you were a pilot.... did you not retrim when you changed attitude?