Originally Posted by jcjeant
I think that the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet have such automatism (Auto spin or stall recovery)
Recovery is automatic but it has to be initiated manually via switch, at least on A-D models. Pilot has to be aware he lost control and has to admit to himself he doesn't know how to regain it.
Originally Posted by seenItAll
Evidently Airbus is complaining that no one has been able to design a simulator to accurately replicate the conditions after an aircraft loses lift, or stalls
Nope, it is ignorant misinterpretation of what Airbus said. Simulators accurately replicate the conditions for which there are collected data and that includes couple of degrees beyond alpha crit on 330 but certainly there is no requirement to get transport aeroplane to 45° AoA or test pilot suicidal enough to try it.
Originally Posted by HazelNuts39
True, that information is too scarce to enable us to fully understand their mental processes
Correct, but the scarcity of info is info in itself - not to show there is some conspiracy with BEA deliberately falsifying the CVR transcripts but that the crew was so shocked there is no clear verbalization of what they think is going on.
Originally Posted by Hazelnut39
How can one say "there are a multitude of unpublished areas" if one has not seen anything?
Simply, if one's intention is not to discuss meaningfully but rather to elicit a reaction.