Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
Today the French State Prosecutor office announced that it will send Air France to court for "negligence" on the AF447 case but absolves Airbus due to lack of evidence .
The "negligence" claim against AF seem to concentrate on not having "informed" ( trained?) its pilots to the emergency procedures during this kind of event .
The full text of the indictment is unfortunately not yet available.
I was a check/training pilot for many years.
Not sure how you train a guy not to hold the stick in the full aft position from 36,000 to sea level. 😏