Originally Posted by
TiiberiusKirk
With AF447, what seems wrong to me is, as I read it, the automatics quit when they reached their limits of trim and control, and quit leaving all the control surfaces at their program-permitted-extreems. It just handed the ship back to the pilots with all control surfaces in maximum and unknown & unexpected configuration.
Hmmm, are you sure you read the same report as everybody else ?
Where exactly did you read that the automatics quit when they reached their limits of trim and control ???
They quit right at the beginning of the sequence due to unreliable Airspeed Readings (possibly/probably due to icing)..
The trim limit was reached much later after continuous Sidestick Nose Up inpuit by the PF.