So three 'pilots' in the cockpit, a pull back on the stick and hold it there for....how long... until it hit the deck. OK, one may have panicked but all three?
'pilots'?
I agree it does fail a gut check.
I will not be satisfied unless they provide at least the same level of detail as the Colgan 3047 incident report i.e. full transcript from push back, simulated representation of flight and control inputs.
On the training issue why wait for bureaucracey. A pilot always has the option of paying themselves for extra training/sim time. Personally I would like to have basic flying experience in all the control laws including mechanical. But then I am a control freak. I detest the idea of driving an a/c and not knowing how it feels in different modes. Isn't the purpose of training to go through all the options, bells and whistles? Why hold back any training of flying characteristics from the pilots. Have we not learned from the titanic. Ships can sink and a/c can stall so we have to train for it.