Q from a non-pilot: Could any of you professionals here explain what knowledge of flight physics is taught to pilots in their training, and how much most of them will remember after ten or so years on the job?
Also, having read soylent green's post which seems very convincing, forgive my continuous ignorance but I would have thought that any pilot, in instrument conditions, would monitor basic things like their artificial horizon and variometer, displayed on the primary flight displays. Do we have to conclude that these don't give enough of a clue to diagnose a high-altitude stall? And what could you imagine, supposing this was the thread to discuss that, how an optimal feedback should be displayed?
The reason why I'm asking this is, I'd like to understand how improvements to the cockpit design and interfaces might be made to help particularly pilots who, for whatever reason, are temporarily not at the very top of their skill (nothing implied here!!!), cope with unsusual situations.