@Dangermouse, there is a whole series of pages in the report on the psychology of what was done and not done, but it is too long for me to translate.
@Crab, there was mentioning that the instructors had told the pilots that it wasn't necessary to have the hand on the collective during the accelerating of the rotor. The AW101-612 has a force trim release on the collective, so this is considered "why" neither pilot had their hands on the collective lever, so this is why they did not. It ALSO stated in the checklist to NOT ATTEMPT to lower the collective until hydraulic pressure was coming up, preceded with a CAUTION.
Other than that, the report also notes that with the limited experience on type (26.2 and 13.1 respectively in the aircraft, and 60ish in the sim), rush during training had many of them hot-switch rather than do full starts etc., it (the report) questioned why they didn't do a full start checklist, as there would have been training value for both of them.
The report also states that the AFCS checks often failed if completed before rotors turning so they would have waited until after Rotors Turning to complete. Unfortunately the "Full, Free and Clear" check of all flight controls is after the caption AFCS CHECKS, hence they didn't complete them, thus missing the non-centered controls.... That are prominently displayed on the PFD...
Last edited by Winnie; 16th Jan 2019 at 18:39.
Reason: Ambiguous statements...