Dozy said:
"It would appear that the AF447 PF was concerned about overspeed without any prompting whatsoever, but is it possible he was still focused on worrying about overspeed to the detriment of his scan and situational awareness?"
In some defense to the PF, the PNF and the Captain apparently had SA issues as well.
PNF briefing to the Captain when he returns:
"What's happening? I don't know I don't know what's happening"
Later:
PNF: What do you think ?what do you think ? what do we have to do?
Captain: I don't know we're going down
Later:
Captain: It's not possible