Establishing PITCH is an immediate concern, it cannot wait for ECAM, or conference with PNF.
TT. Do you get my question? Neither Pilot appeared to understand how in the weeds they actually were, from the very git. I believe the PF actually thought he had a reasonable NOSE, not one that was increasing its AoA. His lack of awareness not only seemed blase, it didn't get an instant "Hey!" from PM. Without attitude display, PF was blissfully thinking he had only the ROLL to mitigate? imo.
Again, at the outset, the a/c attitude was quite different from stick position.
Is this an awareness issue on the BUS?