RWA - I think we are pretty well convinced by the AB 'knowers' that there is no way PNF would know what PF was doing with the SS when airborne except by a/c manoeuvre. I also believe that the failure of the stall warning system to perform adequately, while a hugely significant factor, is overshadowed by the initial and so far unexplained and 'un-noticed' pull-up to above safe altitude. Once there the dice was indeed heavily loaded.
If what Bubbers says about 3 pitch/roll SS movements a SECOND..................!?? - that is either a fault in the system or one of the most bizarre episodes I have seen of 'stick thrashing' and AF need urgently to review the 'pilots' in their fleets. Was he simply 'chasing' a wild FD?
Last edited by BOAC; 7th Aug 2011 at 08:48.