Originally Posted by
dera
The shaker went off because they had the increased ref speeds selected. They were 5-6 degrees AOA (20ish knots) from an actual stall when it went off. They had no ice on the wings. So they nowhere near an actual stall. Read the report man, it's discussed in a lot of detail in there.
I read the report, it’s just been at least six years. Good point, my bad. My shaker is AOA derived and I forgot that that’s not how the -8 works.