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Old 1st Apr 2012, 16:34
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machinbird;

In your response to T-Vasis:
  1. They mis-applied UAS procedures applicable to lower altitudes.
  2. They were distracted by a roll PIO to such an extent that they lost track of what was happening with the aircraft.
A third possibility, (perhaps a sub-possibility from either of the two above that you've mentioned), may be the PF's relative inexperience with high altitude manual flight, (in Alt 2 Law, roll is more sensitive than pitch), resulting in an unintended stronger pull on the stick than he desired, which he then began wrestling with at the same time he wrestled with (and nicely got under control) the roll oscillations. The two "stall warning" blips surprised both crew members, (What was that? - PM), but of course both warnings were legitimate as the AoA for the ECAM Stall Warning had been momentarily exceeded. Subsequent stick and pitch actions are less understandable but obviously plausible to the crew. Why?
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