And this is one of the reasons why Airbus cockpit philosophy has, and will continue, to be subject to criticism from pilots worldwide:
The lack of cues that we are so used to having since day one of pilot training. Yokes (or control sticks) that MOVE when the other pilot moves them. Throttles that MOVE when the engine power increases/decreases. Systems that allow the PILOT to be in control, and not 385 bloody on board computers!!
Not saying that the pilots would have possibly been able to maintain control had this been a Boeing - an airspeed/PFD disagree/unreliable at altitude, in IMC, around Tstorms, at night is a handful no matter what aircraft you are flying. And we have seen two tragedies in the past - Aero Peru 603 and Birgenair 301, where unreliable airspeed led to loss of control in a conventional airliner, the 757.
But the lack of traditional cues in the A330 probably did not help them one bit.