Bollocks
With all due respect 744drv, you don't really know what you are talking about.
I agree that it would be nice to have back drive on the sticks (as the C-17 has), but it is very, very clear in an Airbus cockpit when both sticks are moved. You can't not know that both sticks are in use. The priority button does work and you can lock the other stick out. In a 'normal' cockpit you can also say 'I have control' and get the required reaction.
AF447 was been flown by cadet pilots and Air Asia a couple of idiots - but the poor bastards were the product of the training they receive under the watching eye of the regulator, as we all are.
The real blame is with the management, company owners and the regulator. The aeroplane was not at fault.