Originally Posted by darkbarly
According to DFDR elevators were moved by PF at T3, this being 3s after the failure and 1s after the AP disconnect
In my reading this is clear proof that the reaction was subconscius, probably the result of a rather rigorous training that indoctrinated the need to follow ADI regardless of what one's senses dictates. This approach and training has saved many a day and made aviation much safer globally than it was 30 years ago - yet in this case it appears to be the direct cause.
I mentioned in a previous post that an above average crew would have had this figured out in no time, however traning is there to bring up below average crews to performance levels of at least average. With a clear repetitive pattern emerging with broadly similar circumstances of crews losing control due to a simle and recoverable fault, it will be interesting to watch how training regimes try to adapt without losing some of the progress that was made.