This is incorrect. If you read the original script of pilot conversation in the cockpit, you'd know that he simply forgot he was pulling back on the stick. He disregarded clear pilot training and did what he was exactly not supposed to do, I reckon out of nervousness. That flight, needed a better pilot. Period.
Forgot? Better? Neither of those things is supported by the final report, the cockpit voice or flight data recorders.
The occurrence of the failure in the context of flight in cruise completely surprised the pilots of flight AF 447.
Which pilot needed to be better?
The crew, progressively becoming de-structured, likely never understood that it was faced with a “simple” loss of three sources of airspeed information.
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de-structuring of crew cooperation fed on each other until the total loss of cognitive control of the situation
OK so you need two better pilots, right? And what specifically would make them better in your view?
The final report is pretty clear, the most relevant cause bullets are on page 203, there's no need to speculate and provide your own version. It very clearly cites training deficiencies, cockpit ergonomics in that there was no clear display of airspeed inconsistencies and flight director indications that could have led the crew to believe their actions were correct even though they weren't, and significant simulator deficiencies.
The training and ergonomics basically set them up to be shocked at the situation they were in upon autopilot disconnect.
BEA even blame regulatory oversight of Air France for an inspection regime that failed to identify any of the rather numerous problems BEA found across the board.
Pinning this accident on a pilot is inappropriate.
You can say what you like, but that was incompetence and no technology can make up for downright incompetence.
The report statements are diplomatic. No report will point fi ger at anyone. In that particular case, the entire conversation in the cockpit was publicised. So, instead of letting others tell you what is and what is not, learn to read and draw opinions for yourself. Just because the investigators didn't explicitly say it, doesn't mean I'm wrong.
The pilot who have been pulling on the stick for a very long time was the incompetent pilot there. The guy who did the exact opposite of what should have been done during a stall warning out of nerves. That's incompetence. Many factors might have caused that unfavourable scenario, but he brought that plane down.
