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How often does one include a visual check of the current state of the trim whilst in normal flight, when it is all done automatically for you ?
Sure, but the trim will roll forwards again with sufficient and sustained application of nose-down sidestick (as one would do with a stall recovery).
One of the many performance graphs for AF447 appeared to show that power was reduced to Flight Idle - and the nose dropped for a few seconds (as it must). Then TOGA was restored. IIRC this was a few second prior to the final stall. ( I think that nothing was said at the time on the CVR by PF or PNF. The Captain was called at about this time.)
Power setting was reduced to MCT at 02:11:43 at the point the Captain entered the flight deck. It was then reduced further to IDLE at 02:11:47 and increased to CLB at 02:12:10.
The stall was well established before any of this, and the Captain was present throughout. The CVR transcript shows the crew in a confused state between the reduction to IDLE and return to CLB - in particular the PF's (incorrect, as it turned out) assertion of "crazy" (over) speed and his attempt to deploy the speedbrakes, which was emphatically opposed by the PNF.
@roulis - I was talking only about statistics, meaning that the Airbus FBW types have a record about as good as other types (Boeing/MD etc.) of the same age.