Originally Posted by
Phantom Driver
Regrettably, over the years, Airbus have usually blamed the pilots in most accidents ("they did not understand the systems"), but then they quietly go ahead and change some bit of software/hardware.
Not wishing to sound facetious, but would you care to provide examples of where this has been the case any later than, say, 1994 (when the death of senior test pilot Nick Warner on a demonstration flight caused them to re-examine their priorites)?
Originally Posted by
Kalium Chloride
He didn't keep the stick forward far enough or long enough to move the elevator back to neutral, and then into the "down" position.
Neither, importantly, did he exercise the option to re-trim the aircraft manually using the trim wheels, which would have taken significantly less time - presumably because he was not taught how.