Originally Posted by
Airhoss
Both Boeing and Douglas have had similar accidents with the crew holding the aircraft into a stall from high altitude to ground impact.
I think there is a fundamental flaw in how we teach crews to recover from a stall especially in big jet airplanes. The whole pull back and power out ATP style stall recovery is killing people.
Agreed, whole-heartedly.
I was shocked by the airline/FAA/civil stall recovery procedures coming from Air Force (and Navy) training. The airline procedure was to
get close to---but not actually stall.
Altitude control was the top priority, and supposedly, the biggest reason for busted checkrides.
The problem with this type of training is it leaves one with no training for an actual full-blown stall.
I've read articles that suggest the FAA is about to change this to what the military has done for decades. I hope so. It's about AOA control. Once AOA is under control, you can control altitude.