Originally Posted by
Lyman
May I replace "no change" with "no palpable change" ?
You may say what you like, although the transition to a rapidly-unwinding altimeter despite the nose-high attitude should have provided a clue (to say nothing of the Stall Warning blaring in their ears and Master Caution flashing in front of them). The THS setting did not have an immediate effect, and did not disguise the presence of stall. It contributed to the immediate return to a nose-high attitude once the nose had dropped and speed built up, but this in itself goes right back to the fact that stall was never diagnosed by the flight crew.
Sustained nose-down on the sidestick from the moment Stall Warning sounded would have been more than enough to recover.