Startled or Man with hammer syndrome
Bonin was convinced he needed to pull the stick back all the time.
So convinced he ignored the nose up attitude, decaying airspeed, stall warnings, alarms, incursion into other FL and ignored Robert repeatedly telling him to descend. Bonin clearly verbalizes that he was stick back all along which tells us that it was a conscious decision. Not only was Bonin behind his airplane he was ignoring every fact being given to him. Startled is an over simplification of Bonin's mental state and warrants further consideration along with all the other failings. I leave it to the pysch experts to explain his fixation with stick back e.g. man with hammer syndrome, confirmation bias.
02:13:40 (Robert) Remonte... remonte... remonte... remonte...
Climb... climb... climb... climb...
02:13:40 (Bonin) Mais je suis à fond à cabrer depuis tout à l'heure!
But I've had the stick back the whole time!
At last, Bonin tells the others the crucial fact whose import he has so grievously failed to understand himself.
02:13:42 (Captain) Non, non, non... Ne remonte pas... non, non.
No, no, no... Don't climb... no, no.
02:13:43 (Robert) Alors descends... Alors, donne-moi les commandes... À moi les commandes!
Descend, then... Give me the controls... Give me the controls!
Last edited by xcitation; 18th Jun 2014 at 22:37.