This is not an "AB" problem as much as an indication that things have tipped beyond the point of safety specific to basic airmanship. At the end of the day these pilots simply didn't know how to fly...a scary reality.
I don't agree. Many pilots had complained about the unnatural aspect of the sidesticks and their feeling of disconnection from the airplane. This accident showed how the pilots are also disconnected from each other. That's a fundamental design flaw.