machinbird
AF447's crew needed to have their attention drawn initially to their altitude and then to their pitch attitude. Later, they needed to understand their angle of attack, and finally they needed to understand their Flight Path Vector and the fact that it was pointed at the ground although the nose was pointed up.
Isnīt that the basic problem of missing airmanship here?
Flying has to do with handling all those items and some others as well in unison, without "target fixation" to a single item. FD bars, FPV, betty bitch, a talking radar altimeter, TAWS, and all those other helpers in a daily pilots life should be exactly that, helpers and not substitutes for bad airmanship.
I know you are familiar with that, our old rhino had nothing of those gimmicks and we did the job and survived like others did. It brings us back to training and expierience. Both seem to be missing big time and will not be restored by another gizmo.