Originally Posted by bubbers
Does anybody here believe the PF was not at fault by pulling the SS full up for 3 minutes until impact with the ocean?
Obviously his actions were wrong, the question is why?
Also he was not alone. PNF and CAPT failed to identify the situation. PNF appeared early on to nag him to "go back down" which was ignored. To me the collective delusion, bar room level communications makes the incident even more puzzling. I have struggled to explain nose up by them applying wrong procedures, or bad instruments, side stick input failures. But nothing fits. Near the end the PF confides he has been nose up max all the way! Like it is the normal thing to do and he tried his best to pull out of a dive or something.
Why is it that when we look at the recorded data do their actions make no sense. Far too simple to say that all 3 failed. Only a video would answer the question - which is what BEA are recommending going forward. To me there is a piece missing. Is it possible that the recorded data differ from the actual displayed data on the PFD etc?