I have read every single page of the first thread and now this one. You can tell there are some very knowledgable pilots and rubbish.
This information below was just posted 7 hours ago and thought it might be of useful information to a few experts here.
Engineer decodes Air France Flight 447 emergency messages
Part 2 of a pod cast where a Honeywell expert goes thru all ACARS messages sent from AF447:
Innovation Analysis Group
There is also Part 1 in which a long haul commercial pilot explains the pre-flight procedures as well as how the flight tracks its route from departure to destination, picking its way through weather.
Keep up the good work!