Originally Posted by
vilas
All that was required was indoctrination (even on ground would do) that when in alternate law at cruise level you leave the pitch alone and just keep wings level and if pitch change is required don't make it without looking at PFD to ensure that the pitch is below 5°.
Hard disagree. Reactions like this don't happen as a result of an "indoctrination." They're a result of repeated practice, to where a normalcy in one's gut, in that flight state, is felt.
I highly doubt that in the extreme stress of the situation, they could consider what control law they were in, anyway ... and from that to infer what's a good vs. bad idea to do with the pitch, with respect to the protections available. No, once the chips are down like that, and the person's looking at the world through a soda straw, all they will do is bring their ingrained habits and thought processes, at the most base level. No higher processing will occur. If those base actions are only to chase the flight director (because that's all the person has ever done, and that's their conception of "flying," then that's what they're gonna do. And if that flight directions is +6000 fpm, well there you have it.