Originally Posted by
PuraVidaTransport
The THS was at max nose up and the PF had full back stick yet the nose still fell through.
And came straight back up again because of the inputs and THS angle. Reducing thrust would have helped, certainly - but positive action needed to be taken to effect a recovery by keeping the nose down.
I can't help but think this conversation is off topic (which is the book and accompanying Daily Heil article), and properly belongs in the Tech Log thread however.
@BarbiesBoyfriend - saying that poor airmanship on the part of the F/Os at the controls is all there is to it is a very narrow viewpoint. The net needs to be cast wider - firstly to take into account the poor CRM on the part of the Captain in failing to explicitly assign roles to the crew dring the relief phase and finally to take into account the industry-wide misuse of automation to cut back on manual handling training. A side issue relates to the methods relating to the pitot tube repair/replacement schedule and whether more could have been done on the part of the regulator and manufacturer there.