Rudder input?
I agree with most specialists what happened during the last seconds of the XL flight. Thanks, TyroPicard, Lemurian and others for their in-depth information and interpretation of the published data.
One thing that hasn't been discussed here is the rudder. Why is it used during the deadly maneuver? Why on earth do you ever touch the rudder during stall or near-stall exercises? Maybe it didn't add to the bad state of what they were in, but it surely didn't help. Of course this captain was in a terrible situation, but I hate it when I see that experiences airlines pilots don't get the basics of flight.
Reminds me of some very useless rudder inputs on American Airlines flight 587 in Sept 2001.
Dani