Originally Posted by
CONF iture
Non sense - Why would you pull the sidestick half way ?
That's the 1mio$ question.
And it effectively applies in this case.
Why
did the PF pull half way NU ?
As others already said: In a non FBW aircraft at lower Alt it would have probably shed its feathers or wings (probably both) in much less than 5s after such a pull on the controls. He probably wouldn't have had enough time to sense the feedback and react before being reduced to a lawn dart.