Originally Posted by ILS27LEFT
I say this because I am also sure they knew very well about this pitot problem and they were all well trained on how to react to loss of airspeed data at altitude and in turbulence
Not so sure ... Unreliable Airspeed exercises are usually practiced anytime during the 10 first minutes after takeoff. I have personally never seen this practice above 15000 feet.
It is true I'm not an AF pilot, but before 447 I had never heard about these pitot malfunctions at cruise Flight Level ... or I simply can't remember.
I am quite sure I read it somewhere on an official source, I could be wrong of course but I think it is irrelevant because the fact that significant weather was in the proximity of this A/C I still see it as a clear FACT
Understand your point, but if you're not able to quote your source, better not to mention anything.