Originally Posted by
BOAC
I am detecting a general increase in 'urban legend' again that in general the PF made constant 'nose-up' inputs. This was indeed the report's conclusion for the top of the zoom and the early part of the (stalled) descent, but was NOT the conclusion for the zoom itself.
Remember that on the bus a nose-up input creates pitch-up demand that stays until countered by same amount of nose-down demand. PF didn't have to make
constant nose-up input for a/c to keep climbing - short nose-up input will do it. The later nose-down inputs reduced the pitch and slowed the climb but not enough to get the nose down to get the speed back.