Originally Posted by
Killer51883
there is no reason to ever have a stick shaker unless your in the sim. every one knows how slow you need to be going to even get close to a shaker. From every transport category airplane i have flown if your slower than 200-180 kt range your aoa is starting to get uncomfortably high and that is an OBVIOUS clue to start adding flaps or putting in power.
Not a very accurate statement. I've had 3 stick shakers go off. All 3 were on t/o in very gusty/convective conditions. Two times I was the PF, once the PM. One was in the CRJ700 and 2x's in the DC-9. ALL THREE TIMES we were above our Vfto speeds. A sudden gust, the AOA indicator moves, the shaker goes off.
Now granted, we were no where close to a stalled condition, it was a momentary gust. But in all 3 instances the PF had a natural reaction to reduced the AOA slightly to stop the shaker.
My main point...the INITIAL(and natural) REACTION to the shaker was to REDUCE THE AOA.
In YOUR statement, it seems YOU'RE only considering a shaker condition in an approach/landing situation. I am more concerned with the reaction to the situation.