Of course not.......it is always easier to rant about the gov't in general.
As far as 'minimal altitude loss' - AOA is the answer once again. Gives you the best recovery performance with minimal altitude loss. Hummm.....
35 AOA brothers! (....if you aren't max performing, you might as well be flying an F-4 (the one is for you UAL!))

USMCFLYR