Dear oh dear oh dear. Lymon I get the feeling you want some startling statement to take to the AF447 court case.
Well here it is PILOT ERROR.
For all those claiming unsafe, come back with proof, an accident statistic, something other than emotive pleas for the good ol days of yoke's and feedback.
Till then EASA has just published a document highlighting no fatal accidents in 2010 involving a European airline. Accidents globally are at their lowest level ever.
Bill Voss The FSF president stated
"First, I was amazed at how benign the initial failure really was. Some electronic centralized aircraft monitor (ECAM) messages, an autopilot disconnect and some bad speed indications. All of this happened in light turbulence, and lasted for less than a minute. The only response needed was to manually fly the same attitude the autopilot had been flying for hours. It should have ended with a logbook entry."
Sadly one need go no further because as mountainsnake stated
History is full of CFIT's with yokes equipped aircrafts, you know, even with that feedback and position sight thing.