Originally Posted by DozyWannabe
There is no "Otto" or "George" in a sailplane, and if you stall the wing in one you'd better get the nose down, because there is no TOGA setting to power out of it.
Problem is, how can you be sure that your A330 is about to stall, when the speed tape is gone? The aircraft had very convincing evidence for the approaching stall (increasing AoA), but had no means to convey it to the pilots in an equally convincing manner.