Goldenrivett
I am not against active side stick. I remember having read 7 or eight years back airbus gave very serious consideration to this but never implemented it. But the side stick is on one side so unless you kept your hand there you may still miss it. In AF447 they were flying without looking at PFD for most part and that I find very strange. It was a clear case of mental confusion may be caused by fear because they knew something was terribly wrong and were unable to figure it out. As you know average inputs into side stick are very small and a startled response in pitch has the possibility of causing excessive destabilisation. Nothing happens if you don't do anything for a few seconds to investigate.