whenitreallyhurts must have a problem thinking. Yes, the crash was caused by inappropriate behavior in the cockpit. Now, what does that have to do with the price of airline safety?
Perhaps we should ask WHY? That's a simple three letter word that eludes those anxious to have somebody, that is SOME BODY, to BLAME and be our Judas goat so that "the bad is cast out."
That simple question raises interesting specters that BEA has pretty much confirmed and AF's rant (despite it's one good point) rather confirms. Those pilots were basically untrained for the kind of situation in which they found themselves. There also seems to be a pattern of similar failures. So given a pattern one can deduce the reason for the pattern. AF and ABI positively screwed up the training. And ABI's stall warning system (cough) "Needs work."