Originally Posted by Flight Instructor
was it deep stalled or just deeply stalled? Two very different things.
For some people 'deep stall' is synonymous with 'locked-in stall' i.e. a condition that cannot be recovered by normal use of the flight controls. For others it just means deeply stalled.
"Can an airbus even deep stall?" Several 'experts' on this forum doubt it. The response of the airplane to slight relaxation of the pull on the SS seems to indicate that the airplane would pitch down with a determined nose-down input.
Aren't ALL aeroplanes that can meant to be fitted with stick pushers? or is that something airbus could have got around?
The stalling characteristics requirements apply with all systems functioning as designed. In the case of the A330 that means Normal law, which does not allow the airplane to exceed the stall AoA, and can even effectively act as stickpusher as demonstrated in QF32. Alternate law is a failure condition that is judged on the basis of its probability of occurrence and the ability of the crew to handle it.