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Yeah, I don't know about the a/c in question; however, the Colgan crash was a result of the pilot fighting the stick pusher and winning. The stick pusher is not easy to override.

It seems counter intuitive to nose down when you're falling out of the sky, but it's how you recover.



Exactly.

If one were to apply principles of Tao, it would be to yield. Give the stick pusher nothing to push.




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