AF447
Lyman, I hope your "soldier pilots" are taught to keep away from CBs when close to "coffin corner". That is what caused the loss of control. It has nothing to do with :- the Airbus, stall recovery, automation, 2 FOs in the cockpit, alternate law, etc, etc. You simply don't fly into CBs when so close to coffin corner. That is where the training needs to be.
I'm really appalled at the amount of posters who are totally off track on this crash. Shame on you all. Remember that all the other 'planes that circumnavigated the storm landed safely. Wake up guys !!!
How many more times must this be said?? Night, heavy, high, many warnings at the same time, turbulence, loss of speed info, loss of automation, total confusion. What do you think they could have done under those circumstanced??
No, the training has to be simply, DON'T FLY INTO CBs WHEN CLOSE TO COFFIN CORNER. Judging from the comments, it seems that most of you don't understand this basic principal. Better hurry up and learn it so you don't have the same fate.