That is an excellent point; it can be counterproductive to attempt to smooth out a turbulent ride...
I meant to suggest that with impatience, "catch up itis" and a squeeze of Adrenaline, overcontrol seems to have been the order of the day, In PITCH as well as ROLL. Did the pilot fear a loss of control, and that manual inputs were critical? I sense that he did, at least somewhat. Before Colgan, I would have simply rejected the thought that a pilot would persist in the exact wrong thing.
But Colgan had a PNF also, and she did not "get" it either...
Dozy, in all honesty, do you think the Bus might need a special dose of targeted training? Because the bottom line is that all three pilots were at a loss, without a hint of the right "Stuff". Can the platform be that inscrutable to three independent airmen?