Originally Posted by bearfoil
How often did the pilots train to the discrepancy in "touch" to Roll compared with Pitch? How necessary was the Rudder, if at all, to settle the Yaw produced by Roll excursion? I believe firmly the accident began at loss of a/p, and the corrections input by PF. It is very easy to entertain getting a bit behind, which makes it not difficult to question whether they caught up, and if not, perhaps the a/c and Pilots started down different paths? In a general way, I think this will be the fulcrum of the findings.
The movement of THS; 10 degrees in 60 seconds (if continuous) strikes me as very very gradual. In my mind this fits the bill of inadvertent NU input while trying to correct for right roll (especially if being flown from right seat).
OTOH, it is indeed puzzling how the pilots seem to display good awareness of bank angle (judging by a/c not departing into a spin) but not check the pitch attitude.