Perplexed
I am forced to accept the initial miscommunication "pull down".
What I cannot accept is how the FO, a french pilot would block out the grim similarity with his stick inputs to AF447. Surely FO would have read and discussed the AF447 reports several times so I am incredulous that a french pilot on similar type could ignore his grim replay. I did not read in the report if they look into the psychological background of the FO.
At a minimum I would expect FO to confirm response like "stick full back at the stop, pitch up". Then at least every 30 secs "maintaining nose up, stick full back". In the absence of call outs the capt should have ordered them.
Is there a need for a tightening of regulatory standards to improve flight crew cross communications?