We have been previously chastened that the altitude discrepancy was "merely" 300 feet, and was the result of a predictable anomaly in the system.
So I won't hold my breath.
Is there more to this story than "Baby pilot kills all". FGS.
Loss of altitude without a commitment to STALL means exactly what the PF kept reporting, "I feel we have some crazy speed." If at a/p drop, his NU was to arrest descent (as he sussed it), and the 'descent' never 'arrested', this easily explains his commitment to overspeed in descent. It explains his deployment of spoilers, and his disregard for the STALL WARN; without comment or interference from his mates, it appears they all bought it.
What sort of STALL hasn't a concomitant drop of the NOSE? If his reliance (ill placed) on altimeter was driving his thoughts, the entire upset takes on a different shape.
I hadn't known the Pilots had written off the BEA. I'll admit to a bit of relief. Witholding important input from an investigation? The BEA??
Mais non, Impossible. Incroyable, n'est-ce pas?
jcjeant: If the reads were real, the descent was approximately 4,500 feet per minute. Substantial.