Originally Posted by PJ2
Finding out "why", despite some commentary to the contrary, is the way to prevent this kind of accident. If there are training and standards issues, that needs to be examined as do priorities in terms of autoflight and manual flying it is to be discovered first through this unfortunately-blunt process.
- and I would dearly like to know why, but as I said months ago, I fear we are 'dancing on the head of a pin' here since the reaction of this crew was so out of the ordinary as to render, in my opinion, any logical approach to this accident of no value, except in re-focussing at least AF's attitude to basic flying skills in their crews and some vital changes to AB software and philosophy.
That not-with-standing, the dissection of the FBW system has been of great interest and my hearty thanks to all who have taken the trouble to expound.