Originally Posted by
RetiredF4
The crew of AF447 after the loss of control wanted to arrest the descent and climb back to their assigned flight level, therefore they pulled on the stick. The aircraft continued to descent, therefore they pulled more.........
So here we need to dig deeper. The aircraft is descending and pulling back does not help. At some point you'd hope that the problem-solving mindset would say : "We're pulling back and still descending - why is this? We need to try a new approach".
At which point the most common reason for descending while pulling up would have to be "we're stalled". Sadly they never got that far. One of the big questions is *why* they never got that far.