Originally Posted by
sirgawain123
So AF447 likely to had pitch up produced both by thrust increase PLUS induced by PF sidestick
No, he's wrong. When autoflight trips out, the trim and power settings remain at their last assigned setting. Thrust will not change from that setting no matter what detent it was in until one of the pilots manually moves those levers.
This makes me highly suspicious of his credentials - if he's flown those thousands of hours in an A330 and doesn't know that then I'd be a little leery of getting on his aircraft.