the only tidbits of conversation we know of express doubt:
"we have no indications", "je ne comprend rien".
That, and the call for the Captain to return to the cockpit. That's an SOS call, as I see it.
But when your confidence in those instruments has been shattered, I can see someone resorting to actions based on what their body tells them.
If I am IMC, and I don't believe
any of my instruments, the thought that comes to mind is "I am well and truly
ed." I then try to make small control movements to get something to move, or change, that makes more sense than what I am seeing, or not seeing, at the moment, and I try to figure out "how do I get to VFR conditions, and how soon can I do that?"
So, I wonder what most pilots would conclude from that feeling?
Try anything that might work, as what's going on now isn't working?
Task the PNF to:
Reset a few circuit breakers to get something to work again?
Cycle some switches on and off so that an instrument may work again.
What I need is:
Attitude reference
Altitude reference
Power reference
Airspeed (but I can work around that if I can get an attitude reference)
VSI
Turn and Slip
Give me what you can, PNF, that's why you are there.
But of course, maybe before we start turning things on and off ...
If your instruments are working, you take the controls, and I'll back you up.
That may be what finally happened somewhere near 10,000 feet on a dark and stormy night.
