Originally Posted by rudderrudderrat
However Alpha Max is approached asymptotically and with full back stick will require some time before it is achieved.
It certainly won't efficiently as the elevators are commanded nose-down as a start.
And if the elevators are commanded nose-down to arrest the pitch-up tendency from the engines, as submitted by dozy, it is even a poorer concept.
Remember, we are still 2.5 deg short of alpha max.
Are you really suggesting that despite the Alpha floor being disabled by deliberately flying below 100 radio + engines back at idle + a very late application of TOGA TL selection, that the prime reason for this crash was because Alpha Max was not achieved "instantaneously"?
Instantaneous ?
It does not have to be, what matters is the intention, the intention to efficiently deliver.
The prime reason for the crash ?
Why would it be when the pilots put themselves in such a undesirable situation, but a contributory factor for the crash it has to be.