This is an amazing "pearl" in this report:
Page 206 4.2.1 Recommendations on Operations
Training for Manual Aircraft Handling
Examination of their last training records and check rides
made it clear that the copilots had not been trained for manual aeroplane handling
of approach to stall and stall recovery at high altitude.
They can't fly manually at high altitude ..
When you know that most of the flight is in high altitude .. this gives chilling (no pun intended)
If this is not a finger pointed to AF .. I don't know what is this ...