Dozy. Nothing of any conclusive value has been demonstrated, other than to the threshold of this forum (!).
Autoflight did indeed initiate a NOSE UP at hand off (with the AoA at three degrees below cruise), and was climbing the a/c at 1000fpm (conservative) by the traces published by the BEA. This is in the record, and autoflight would not have climbed the a/c after that, where did I post that?
Neither did I posit a delay in "disconnect", where do you get these things? Of course the PF did not change the THS in the climb, it did not move at all. This is not consistent with anything other than a potential for Overspeed protection. You have eliminated that? You are making wild statements where BEA is still using "Probable", etc. Who is the rabid one here?