way too easy for you to say without being in the situation.
heavy turbulence, no visibility, confusing situation, very likely that he was disoriented, operating a very complex set of computer programs hooked up to a very complex set of physical controls that have a myriad of potential configurations and points of failure while trying to debug it at the same time in a panic and making quick decisions.
from his vantage point, it is likely that the stall warning is a symptom of something malfunctioning and not an actual stall.
that said, i thought that "if stall, you push forward" was instilled into pilots to the point of 2nd nature. i'm very surprised at the reaction to the stall warning.
The not pushing forward while stalling really does say to me by the time they thought to analyze the situation, they were in a state of absolute panic. I would be curious to know if any of the flight crew were military trained, or if all came from a civilian flight instruction background?
Exactly.But how do you do what is right (push forward - which is go down) when all your instincts tell you want up (pull)?
This is the same as driving a car in a rally. Drivers there know to drive into the slippage to recover control. But if you're a normal driver you'll do exactly the opposite.
My question is - do they train enough to break their instinct?
heavy turbulence, no visibility, confusing situation, very likely that he was disoriented, operating a very complex set of computer programs hooked up to a very complex set of physical controls that have a myriad of potential configurations and points of failure while trying to debug it at the same time in a panic and making quick decisions.
from his vantage point, it is likely that the stall warning is a symptom of something malfunctioning and not an actual stall.
that said, i thought that "if stall, you push forward" was instilled into pilots to the point of 2nd nature. i'm very surprised at the reaction to the stall warning.