Experiance and Training of the Pilots
The BEA report has some of the flying backgrounds of the three AF447 pilots. None of the three had been military pilots, and it's possible the two younger pilots had only flown whatever automated equipment Air France put them in. I don't know if you needed a PPL to train as a pilot for Air France, when the two co-pilots trained (Ages 37 and 32). I think Air France trains it's own pilots. Not sure if either one had so much as soloed in a 152. Maybe some of you guys know?
The Captain started out as a flight attendant with Air France, then trained as a pilot.
The apparent lack of leadership, airmanship, and teamwork heard on the CVR made my curious about the background of these pilots. The PNF calling the captain back anxiously, make it seem as if neither co-pilot knew how to fly in the aircraft in the situation they found themselves in, and the PNF knew it.