A310bcal, totally with you there, I certainly WOULDN'T have got any rest anyhow if I had left the cockpit just before the most "interesting" phase of the flight. Inexplicable indeed to bugger off at that particular moment. . . .
Alpha Zulu Romeo, sorry, wasn't fixating on the exact words, I don't doubt the basic validity (the end result seems to support it ) the exact translation is for someone else, I was merely curious how the "author" had access to this CVR data.
Anyhow, finally, a sad indicetment, both of human fallibility, & Airbus technology IMHO.