Originally Posted by
Gretchenfrage
But to me the lines in the PM article are horrifyingly evidence enough that independent controls are a distinct disadvantage to coupled ones. The latter would have most probably triggered a very much earlier reaction of the PNF, ......, and most probably have saved the day for those extremely poor pilots.
I'm curious: What kind of reaction?
PNF (as PF) had at a crucial time continuous and then repeated stall alarm in his ears and altitude, attitude and vertical speed indication before his eyes. But he, as hasn't PF, never identified the condition "stall". In my opinion so far, recognizing stall was conditional for adequate measures to "save the day".
So, considering "stall" never made it into the conscious of either member of the crew, what kind of information precisely would PNF have gathered from coupled sidesticks, and what kind of measure one would have to expect as consequence?