lomapaseo:
I get the jest! However, perhaps I worded my question inaccurately. I know the occupants of AF447 can tell us nothing. What I was trying to get at: if the passengers and, most importantly, the flight crew "felt" this rapid descent would it not make sense that the PF was applying stick up as he felt this rapid descent?
PS: don't need a bike to launch off a cliff. I'm fully cognizant of the feeling of rapid descents, having spent so many years jumping out of perfectly sound air craft!!!!!!