Originally Posted by
sandrich
I'm no NTSB investigator, nor a 7000 hour pilot. But given the circumstances of the Colgan crash, it not only was a stall, but a tailplane stall. At least in my opinion. Yes, 800 hours of practice area/traffic pattern flying may teach you to lower the nose and increase power in a stall. But when in your training are you taught to raise the nose and decrease power in a tailplane stall. The symptoms are exactly the same, but recovery is completely opposite. Therefor you have to decide which kind of stall you are in with two seconds. Perhaps the captain picked the wrong recovery which lead to very fatal results. Could 2-3000 TT have prevented this? I think not...
I mean nothing personal, but as someone intimately familiar with the accident, your assessment of the situation is wrong. Yes, clearly the crew stalled the aircraft; however, there was no tailplane stall. Furthermore, I do not believe the crew thought (although none of us will ever truly know) there was a tailplane stall either.
Personally, I welcome the increased requirement for entry to the airlines.