@Owain Glyndwr
"That is, I think, the basic recovery mechanism, but in the early seconds the exact response depends on a changing balance between the various effects, and these in turn depend on the exact time history of applied pitch, so it is really quite difficult to answer your questions about the first twelve seconds."
In the early seconds of each partial recovery, wasn't the crew presented with a "re-invigorated" STALLWARN?
Having sussed all the napkin calcs presented here, would the PF go immediately to ND? Or would he secure TOGA thrust, and "maintain altitude" with aft stick?
The DFDR tells us little of theoretical benefit to our crew from possibilities that were never entertained at any level of practicality.
Call me a wise ass, but I venture to say the crew was so absorbed in trying to "PREVENT" a STALL, that they spent no time trying to recover from one. Again, the focus is shifted from the problems that caused the crash to hypotheticals re: after the fact suppositions? IMHO.
Last edited by Lyman; 25th Apr 2012 at 17:53.