AF447

[rgbrock1]

Question from SLF

Hi.

I am simply a SLF member and have been observing the discussions on this board since 1 June 2009. First, I want to offer my gratitude to all you
flight deck members. I applaud your professionalism and everything you do
"up there". As a very skittish member of the flying public I am often comforted by the fact that I am indeed in the hands of professionals.
Now, on to the question at hand. I have not only been reading here on pprune, concerning AF447, but also on Eurocockpit. (I don't speak or read French but they do have translations into English.) On several of the Eurocockpit postings they have been referencing two other incidents involving the Airbus 300-series
and faulty airspeed registers and what-not. (Similar to AF447 and, yes, I'm writing in general terms). What comes to my mind, and this is the question I want to throw out to you professionals, is why in the other two incidents the crew was able to recover (assuming the pitot issue is indeed causal, why the crew of AF447 would not have been able to recover? In both accounts, one written by one of the flight deck members, a good description is given as to the steps taken to correct the issue at hand. Wouldn't the crew of AF447 have done the same? I just see a disparity between the other two accounts, and the outcome, and this one. Or, am i missing the point?
Thanks in advance.