What portion of blame does the pilot who yanks back on and holds the side stick without understanding the situation deserve? This is flying 101.

How poorly trained in basic airmanship were they and how were they allowed to be pilots? That's the blame component for AF.

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frou_dh an hour ago | parent | next [-]

IIRC it seemed like that pilot was having some kind of nervous breakdown because he surreptitiously held back on the stick all the way from 38,000ft until the crash.

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wolvoleo 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It is indeed very sad that all they had to do is let go of that stick for a moment.

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dcrazy 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you type rated on any Airbus models?

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arcfour 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Do you need to be to understand that nose up is not how to recover from a stall?

	▲	plumefar an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I’m not a pilot. Zero experience except remote controlled airplanes. But IIRC, it happened by night, over the ocean. If the instruments fail you, this is really hard to “perceive” your speed and orientation.

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gambiting 12 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Like someone else said - there doesn't exist any situation, in any plane in any conditions, where holding the stick back the entire time would be an appropriate input. Literally doesn't exist. So if you're doing that.....what exactly are you hoping to achieve? Is a fundamental lack of understanding of how planes work.