+3 the three of us agree.
That may be the most objective, dispassionate, and reasoned essay on the topic.....(alf)
However, for those of us who still "question" the 'theory', some conclusions are not absolute....
The recorder data is "interpretive", BEA are not committed to absolutes....(bravo), and these threads have a somewhat skewed bias.(imo). Not even pitot failure is a lock....where do we see the identified ice blockage? Computer actions are suggestive of it, not based on data? Evidence of flight programming errors are patent, all we know is Airdata is NCD, by definition.....Wind Shear is far more plausible than simultaneous identical failure across three triplets?
That the CVR seems incomplete is actually a benefit, some of us entertain divergent views. For instance, when do we know crew recognized the change to AL? Eleven seconds after the Warning, not immediately, only when Robert declares it so. At 02:10:19?
I am not convinced the crew was incompetent; neither do I believe there is
certainty about "startle", or surprise. They were well aware of the weather to expect prior to loss of A/P, that was in the BEA report.
thanks for you post.