Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
I think we'll all agree that the point of the shaker is to avoid the pusher. Don't let it get to that point! Remember, we're not trained to recover from a stall, only an approach to stall. Holding altitude during shaker is perfectly safe and acceptable, but your quoted poster is also correct in that once that pre-stall develops into a full stall then nose down is the only way to save your bacon.
You and UALT38Phlyer (sp) are correct. Airline Transport Pilots are not trained to recover from a fully developed stall in Airline Transport category aircraft nor required by FAR. Only company test pilots are trained for that regime of flight to develop the correct parameters to program stick shaker, etc software.
Doubt the philosophy will change. Even in windshear and CFIT, software guidance will not absolutely max out the performance based on specific parameters. Rather the program will assume some 'worst case' scenarios' to prevent inadverdant stall. If software guidance unavailable, then ususally given a stock pitch attitude for CFIt/Windshear recovery. Again, not optimal, just like leaving in current configuration, but statistically, will resolve for better more often than it wont and usually better than trying to become a test pilot at the time of the event.