Originally Posted by
TTex600
I personally believe the cause is much deeper than the pilot not knowing how to get out of a stall.
Could you elaborate a little? I know you're talking about people you're actually meeting on the line here, but as far as this thread is concerned I don't think anyone has suggested that "Cause is pilot error, and we're done". Pilot error itself has myriad contributing factors including rest time, training, airline culture and human psychology.
As far as the airframe is concerned, it appears that recovery is relatively straightforward at the apex of the zoom climb, and becomes progressively more difficult as the aircraft sinks further into the stall. From the point they pass about 30,000ft on the way down it's impossible to know whether any airframe could have been recovered other than by using techniques which your average line pilot would not know, and in any case, from the moment they actually stalled they were in test pilot territory to start with.