GlenQuagmire you re right.
At the current state of training the unstalling of aircraft by forward stick is what will save the day should a wing drop.
Though picking up a wing with the rudder in the event of a stalled condition is the right thing to do, the knowledge and skills pilots and instructors posess (Unless they have undergone professional training in this respect) will prevent such thing from happening.
What makes the situation dangerous and prone to accident, is that the non trained pilot/instructor already unconfortable with slow speed handling let alone stalling will, when confronted to such situation react by INSTINCTIVELY correct a wing drop with OPPOSITE aileron, which aggravates the situation by adding drag to the falling wing, this regardless of what has been though on the ground.
Regardless of whether he has been brainstormed to correct by picking up the falling wing with rudder or by unstalling, without training he will 99% of the time apply opposite aileron
An exercise proving this is the "Oscillation Stall" e.g. keeping the a/c stalled at a safe altitude and develop the proper coordination with rudder to prevent tipping over inverted with the rudder while mushing. This exercise is part of the forthcoming EASA UPRT/LOC in flight exercises.
This cannot be learned on the ground, it must be practiced in flight with a competent well trained instructor in suitable a/c. Firsts attempts will show sloppiness, overreaction, freezing at the controls due to unccordination and often fear, how many seconds before the a/c ends up inverted ?
Fine tuning and proper coordination, timely instinctive anticipation will come if one is willing to carry on, the result will be mushing at 1'500 / 2'000 FT descent rate while able to hold the a/c with light lateral oscillations under control. Does this mean something to you ?
I cannot stress enough how proper spin/ stall training will fine tune every pilot skills, and this will show how he/she will handle slow flight and stall after that.
LOC/UPRT near the ground ARE deadly, but it is criminal to dismiss proper training on grounds that it will be of no use because of that. There is a recognition that it is needed for IMC, though still resisted for other scenarios.
It is the mental blockage, fear, the freeezing at the controls, the lack of coordination, distraction, the overall pilot incapacitation PRECEDING uprt/loc near the ground which is responsible for most of these accidents.