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Old 21st Feb 2016, 21:31
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Machinbird
 
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Do you honestly believe that a Boeing can recover reliably from a low level stall ?
Heck YES, given the same initial conditions as the XL Airways A320.
They are aircraft that have been designed and tested to recover.

Even the XL airways recovered from the stall nicely only to be sabotaged by a change from Normal Law to Direct Law, then to Abnormal Attitude Law. Problem was, the trim was already cranked full nose up by the system as they approached the initial stall. It was the excessive nose up trim that caused the loss of the aircraft. (Maybe a warning system is required as you approach full nose up?)

Your question should really be do I really think every ATPL rated pilot can recover from a stall? On that count, we have seen too many failures.
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