Originally Posted by PJ2
there are numerous clues to the condition of the aircraft still present
1- None of those clues truly reveals how flight controls are manipulated by the PF
2- Airbus suppressing one clue is detrimental to the situation awareness
Two crew members, even 3 in this case, worked on their own with different mental representations of the situation. The Airbus concept or an obstacle to an otherwise natural tool for CRM optimization.
We have more examples of control columns in the full-aft position than we do sidesticks when loss-of-control or a full-stall has occurred.
If the control columns were fully aft it was a known fact by all on the flight deck, AF447 had not that luxury, to the point that the PM had to tell to all he had been full aft for a while ...
Airbus concept contributory as it deprived the crew from that wonderful conventional way to gather information which participated to the confusion prevailing on board.