MartinM
"I was not trying to blame the PF at this stage. I did not say hang him. All I try is to figure out what made him pull after disconnecting the AP. But obviously there is no real data around to get a conclusion on this.
Yes, maybe BEA will release at some point further details of the FDR and CVR. A reconstruction of the instrument situation would be interesting."
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Everyone seems to be saying that the PF pulled the plane up. The only reference to that is that the elevator increased into a nose up trim condition.
What if a strong updraft pushed the plane up to 38,000 while at the same time the nose dropped. Then trim would autmatically apply in the opposite direction, to trim up.
We're not getting precise information on exactly when the icing occurred, and when the auto systems kicked off or on again.
Or what the pilots were saying at that same time.
Wild turbulent excursions create a lot of strange inputs that I question the auto-systems can cope with. Which is why they kicked off.