stick-pusher

Wait ... you told me that NASA and NTSB research showed that three out of four pilots crashed the simulator during a stick-pusher warning -- even though they knew it was coming.

John T. Halliday: Craplex Cockpit Computers 5: Unsafe At Any Speed 2010

John: "Remember I explained that the Buffalo plane's stick-pusher shoved the nose down, surprising the pilot, who in a knee-jerk reaction, yanked back on the controls, triggered an accelerated stall, so that they spun in?"

John T. Halliday: Craplex Cockpit Computers 5: Unsafe At Any Speed 2010

My odds of surviving a stick-pusher event are one in four?

John T. Halliday: Craplex Cockpit Computers 5: Unsafe At Any Speed 2010

Sam: "Meaning bogus stick-pusher training -- this is nuts."

John T. Halliday: Craplex Cockpit Computers 5: Unsafe At Any Speed 2010

The stick-pusher device automatically pushes the nose of a plane down to gain speed to get out of a stall.

Airline Safety Gap Cited in Crash Probe 2009

CARROLL: Since the accident, Colgan says it has instituted stick-pusher demonstrations in a flight simulator even though it is not required by the FAA.

CNN Transcript May 14, 2009 2009

His effort was strong enough to manually override the stick-pusher.

Mike Connell, Paul Wellstone, and Beverly Eckert Buffalo Plane Crashes and Futuristic Directed Energy Weapons Systems 2009

Among other mistakes, the pilots fought the stick-pusher.

Crash Probe Turns to Pilot Training 2009

The slowing speed set off an emergency system called a "stick-pusher," which pushes the control column down in order to send the aircraft into a temporary dive so it can regain speed and recover from a stall.

Mike Connell, Paul Wellstone, and Beverly Eckert Buffalo Plane Crashes and Futuristic Directed Energy Weapons Systems 2009

Often they don't allow pilots to experience an actual stall and activation of the so-called stick-pusher in a flight simulator, he said.

Airline Safety Gap Cited in Crash Probe 2009