Paull...."I did not see any recommendations on changes by Airbus so that the pilots get a heads up before they are handed the plane."
In a way your comment holds the philosophy up for rigid examination. Pilots of this aircraft are not privy to volumes of periodically life threatening data. Three pitots? To serve the computing master alone? YES. The pilot is only allowed to see a synthesis of indicated airspeed. This amalgam is an average, and controlled within certain parameters, and when out of limit, the startle begins. The pilot is outside the decision to quit, and all data leading up to it. There seems to be no provision for pilot monitoring of the data that will challenge his manual skills at altitude. And yet the data is available. Is the pilot considered superfluous to bad data in? Here, yes.
Ever been at a restaurant and have the waiter spill your meal in your lap? Changes everything. These two had hot enchiladas thrown in the face; screws with one's 'presence of mind', eh?