For a full 25 seconds, the Captain sidestick has been almost constantly to the full forward position ... did he say anything on the fact he was trying to manually move the trim wheel ?
The CVR data published by the BEA are too little. Many things have been told on this flight deck except that the NZ pilot was putting pressure on the XL crew to proceed with the alpha floor test and the XL crew was unprepared to do so ...
There is a possibility the crew was also facing a STABILIZER JAM.