I was just reading through the traning material provided to me by the vendor when I did my KA 350 Initial Qualification in Jan 2011 - obviously before the AC 120-109 was published, but long AFTER the events of Colgan when the review of training/checking procedures and standards was started.
Here is part of the section for the set-up and recovery for the Stall Recognition and Recovery (Clean Configuration):
1. Advance the power levers to maximum allowable power.
2. Maintain pitch attitude (approximately 10 deg nose-up) and wings level.
3. As airspeed increases, reduce pitch attitude to maintain altitude.
4. Reduce power to maintain desired airspeed.
When I first read this two years ago I couldn't believe the recovery procedures.
NO MENTION of reducing AOA.
Keeping the nose parked up.
Emphasis on maintaining altitude.
I thought to myself - boy this is 'WAY DIFFERENT' from how we did it in the military (but I was trying to put all of that behind me and learn the civilian way now)
In any case - I'm glad to see a change to the mindset.
As far as the set-ups ..... I always felt that they were using it as a form of measure for basic airwork (BAW).
USMCFLYR