Originally Posted by
LuvAirFrance
The Colgan captain made a disastrously wrong response to a stall situation. Why the lack of cockpit sterility is blamed for that escapes my comprehension.
First of all, there was no "stall situation" before the response. The NTSB report is very clear that it was the response to the stickshaker that causes the stall: there was no stall before the captain's input.
However, I don't believe the lack of cockpit sterility was blamed for the inappropriate response to the stickshaker. I believe (and
agree!) that the lack of cockpit sterility was blamed for the lack of care given to airspeed that caused the stickshaker in the first place.