Their Altimeters were working!and there Vertical speed indicators as far as I have read in the report
To be fair it's only with the benefit of hindsight that all the Monday morning quarterbacks now
know those instruments were working and could be relied upon...........
Having witnessed how quickly it is possible to be close to overwhelmed by events in the cockpit to some degree I'm with the "maxed out" theory and would certainly second fireflybob's comments that hearing is the first of the senses to "go" when you are overloaded. In order to really understand the reason for initial backstick and the subsequent response, or lack of, to the stall warning, we need to be able to know what the two pilots were perceiving throughout the onset of loss of control and subsequent stalled descent - trouble is we never will.
Dozy
"Stupid" isn't the right word. The issue is one of human psychology under pressure and how it can severely skew the decision-making process.
Agree 100%