as far as I understand, "stall protection" is a feature of the autopilot knowing its current airspeed.
you can drive down the road without hitting things, right? what if you're blind?
you can drive down the road without hitting things, right? what if you're blind?
I also wonder if, once the FD was back online, could the pilots have just re-engaged the auto pilot and the plane would have fixed itself? This is just such a tragic accident when there was nothing at all wrong with the plane for most of the incident!