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Originally Posted by aap1966
In several incidents, the pilots seemed to have tried to work the situation first, or even pull nose up, before taking action to increase air-speed.
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Here's how we were trained for YEARS in the sim to handle an 'incipient' stall. As soon as the stick shaker activates, full power, and lock the pitch, as the engines spool (fuselage mounted) they will push the nose down, add back pressure to keep the nose up. I always HATED this technique because its so counter to everything I learned in primary flight training. The reason for this you ask? The FAA's main emphasis on stall recovery was minimizing loss of altitude. Most turbine aircraft will easily power out of an incipient stall so it did work. Muscle memory being what it is, though, I always thought it was the wrong technique to emphasize. Every time I think of the Colgan accident, I wonder what those guys drilled in the sim.