FMA Calls?
The CVR transcript does not contain any FMA calls - presumably this was SOP in GXL.
When they put the a/c into Alternate Law there was no formal reading of ECAM message.
When USE MANUAL PITCH TRIM appeared on the PFD's, nobody read it out. And nobody read ECAM, which would have displayed a DIRECT LAW caution.
Do you see a connection between non-use of FMA and ECAM discipline as recommended by Airbus, and their failure to recover ?