They don't deserve respect. They didn't follow AF procedures. They caused the stall they didn't know they were in.
They dropped a perfectly flyable plane into the Atlantic.
Mistakes where made but I refuse to believe that we can blame (individual) the crew. Perhaps they where rusty or never learned how to deal in such a situation. Can’t give an answer to that. Meanwhile I rather prefer the wise words of Mr. Troadec then pointing an offender.
"If the BEA thought that this accident was only down to the crew, we would not have made recommendations about the systems, the training... which means that this accident could no doubt have happened to other crews," Mr Troadec added.