Lately when I try a post, it fails to post and I am automatically (?) logged out. Not that I have that much to offer, but it is strange.
I prefer to think of HF as judgment and abstract process, not floormat under pedal sender. Also CRM.
I take your point re: LAW degrade ROLL, while remaining consistent in PITCH. The serious problem as I see it is retaining both in the same stick.
Try teaching yourself to reconsider the control as sensitive in one plane, and in the other, not so much. Unlike others here, I don't think PF had ham hands, or a "death grip" on the stick; I think he was focused on keeping 447 off her back. In doing so, he slid through fore/aft movements, and..........
BEA stated that after the a/c was commanded up, it was not immediately responsive. That does not mean she didn't climb. Also, AoA was well ahead of PITCH, consistent with a strong updraft. We'll have to see why the a/c commanded 5000fpm down for thirty seconds prior.