I would be interested to know if this flight has been duplicated in the simulator and what reliable flight instruments and standby flight instruments the pilots had available to them to manually fly with on this black over water night flight?
It appears to me the handling pilot might have been told or had demonstrated to him that... in an emergency the Airbus would keep him safe if he applied thrust and pulled the side stick fully rearwards..... he appears to have done exactly this.
The other pilot (correct me please if necessary) does not seem to have taken over side stick priority as the situation got worse...and this raises the point with me just what sort of instrument scan was going on by both of them...and what instruments they had been taught they could absolutely trust in an emergency situation.......if any.
I ask as a Boeing pilot with no Airbus exposure.