OODA loop
Salute!
@Lyman
Don't get into Boyd other than the OODA. The guy may have helped get the Viper and Eagle and Hornet into the inventory, but his A2A claims are grossly embellished, and I know folks of his vintage.
As RR and others have posted, the OODA loop was in play for AF447. The thing I see is the "d" and the "a". Ya gotta give the jet a few seconds to respond to whatever you or Hal is commanding. Then you decide and act.
I shall still ascribe most of the tragedy to pilot actions, but I'll also add some human factors, crew coordination and design philosophy/implementation factors.
This will be a landmark accident report.
G