Bearfoil:
This thread is now over 1500 posts long, mainly with people pontificating about automation. Lets get back to the facts as revealed in the report.
The crew attempted to conduct a test at low level despite the test specification warning that the test MUST be carried out above 10000 ft AGL because failure could result in a stall which could take a lot of altitude to recover. The test failed. The aircraft stalled. They had insufficient height to recover.
FBW is irrelevant. Automation is irrelevant. They screwed up by also having maximum nose up trim and TOGA power applied. They put themselves in a situation where ANY aircraft (except possibly an AN-2) would have killed them. Stall recovery is a fundamental piloting skill, prompt and correct recovery action might have saved them but the ground was coming up fast.
Time for stall recovery to be a mandatory currency item at every simulator visit ?