Originally Posted by
Moose
I am military and we did full stall recovery training in the C-9, T-1 and T-37. The C-17 has fly by wire and thus has an alpha floor that makes it very difficult to stall but we train into the alpha floor and recover. On the civilian side, I have trained to the alpha floor in the airbus 320. I did full stall recoveries in the MD-80 and 737 sims. The point is, I think it is important to demonstrate the full stall...especially if your aircraft has a stick pusher. Could you imagine someone's surprise and gut reaction to a real stick pusher if they NEVER saw it in the sim?
Thank you and I completely agree, after 2 or 3 times in the sim I had the stall down cold. I felt that it should have been a part of the syllabus and even though it wasn't I still wanted the practice. At the regional level where most of the new hires have only flown Cessna’s or Piper’s I feel that it’s extremely important to show them just how their new a/c handles in all situations………….full stalls included, after all, their new a/c's a whole different animal compared to what they’ve been flying.