CONF iture, yes, the yoke requires no communications of what the other pilot is doing. Us Boeing pilots know when to take over and not talk. Just say I have it.
I don't see this crash happening in a Boeing because of the fact at FL350 you can not let another pilot pull a yoke into his lap with out knowing you will go into a deep stall. Those guys did let it happen. Their inexperience shown by the most experienced guy in the left seat calling the captain instead of taking control. He let the young pilot pull into a full stall and didn't stop it because his experience was slightly more than the PF. They should have not been flying together. The captain would have prevented this tragedy but he was required to trust his co pilots to let him have his required rest. Cruise pilots are not real pilots or they wouldn't be called cruise pilots.