Originally Posted by
PuraVidaTransport
It is obvious in AF447, having the yoke in his lap for 3 minutes would have given the PNF and the Captain (when he came back to the cockpit) a visual clue as to what was going on.
There is before the stall and in the stall.
In the stall: No one of the three uttered any word which would indicate he realized that they were stalled, despite the many visual clues present. So, it is pure speculation. If you don't know that you are stalled, does it matter what you do whith the sidestick or yoke?
Before the stall: The biggest puzzle, in my opinion, is Robert. He did notice that Bonin was behaving erratically. But he didn't follow up on that thoroughly enough. Why not? Langewiesche has the idea that, when Bonin took away his control immediately after Robert took over, Robert didn't notice this and wondered why his sidestick didn't work. Maybe that is a clue: Did he think his machine was uncontrollable even before it really was? If you want to question unconnected sidesticks, I think that would be the moment.