Takata,
In response to you comment: "There was no "reduced crew on the flight deck" either that we are aware of! Pilots were supposed to be at their post as per SOP." My earlier remark was made in the context of the much discussed issue in this thread regarding the recovery of the body of the Captain and "speculation" he was not on the flight deck at the time of the accident as well as the AAIB report remarks on the A340 as follows: "Consequently, the crew should have heard both warnings but may have assimilated both. ----- Therefore, the succession of aural warnings could have affected the crew's ability to assimilate concurrent synthetic voice warnings." If such an event unfolded for AF 447 perhaps if the Captain had been on the flight deck at the time the "entire crew" might have been better able to handle the circumstance. This is not intended as a criticism of any of the crews action. It is intended to simply point out the potential for the crew missing information during such an event that occurred on the A340 with which more individuals "on deck" might have been able to cope with if it happened on AF 447.
In regard to your other comment, there have been many posts in this thread since it was made which address the subject you raised and I have nothing to add to them.
HN39,
I also appreciated the AAIB re-releasing the report with the appendices. Comparing the A330 to the A340 plots, I find it quite interesting how two very similar aircraft in such close proximity could respond so differently. Perhaps this was due to different crews reacting differently - but it seems the AAIB doesn't think so based on it's statements. Perhaps it was '--- a random event driven by the severity of the turbulence." Or perhaps it is a control deficiency that emerges in a highly unusual combination of events that occur rarely - say every 9 years or so. If so, finding and resolving such a condition is essential, as the periodic loss of an aircraft (or two) is not acceptable to anyone - regardless of the cost of the effort. If the AF 447 data reveals similar behavior to the A340 then perhaps the AAIB should reopen the A340 investigation and conduct it in a co-operative effort with the BEA. Answers to both events must be found.