Originally Posted by
Spartan07
Being unaware of this he used a technique to recover from wake turbulence that he was taught by American Airlines which uses the rudder.
That's not correct.
At that time, the use of rudder in unusual attitude recoveries was getting considerable emphasis. The annual recurrent training on the subject included a presentation by an AA Captain ( a former military pilot) where he included control techniques that were more appropriate to high performance fighter type aircraft.
He was not, if I remember correctly, recommending or teaching rudder as the primary flight control in unusual attitude recoveries...but he was placing a lot of emphasis on rudder use.
At the time, I was surprised at the emphasis he put on these techniques...having flown fighters myself, I understood his points but thought his emphasis might be misunderstood by other pilots who might take his words out of context.
Sadly enough, that may have been the case. Thankfully, that presentation is no longer used.