Thanks for the clear explaination. I have never flown the Boeing only the 320. But it seems to me that the Bus anyway would react long before this condition would occur, perhaps I am wrong in this thinking. Something to try in a sim somtime. However in anycase I would always be willing to sacrafice altitude for stability. Not that busting the FL is good but if you are going to stall and perhaps lose stability then it seems like the best trade you have.
Thinking back of course we would never try to keep alt in the small birds if it got rough enough, but this is because we like to keep the wings on
