Originally Posted by
DozyWannabe
@Oakape: Yup - we covered that on the megathread. What's interesting there is that WCA708 provides an instance of rebuttal to the "connected controls" argument, as that aircraft (an MD-80) had connected yokes, and the PNF still didn't see (or respond to the evidence) that his Captain was in fact pulling harder into the stall. Also that the MD-80's automation was not sophisticated enough to detect that it could not maintain the requested altitude with the engine thrust reduced by the anti-ice system.
Incidents like the one cited argue for better training on stall, incipient stall, stall recognition, and recovery regardless of make and model.
Not a technical point, this being Tech Log, other than the matter of technical training associated with operating complex machines.