Note in the article that the captain got what was happening and told the PF to descend. The captain said "no" to the climb call out. But the PF pulled back anyway. Could it be that if the captain had visual cues of the yokes being pulled full aft, he would have been more aggressive about getting the PF to descend? We will never know, but it shows that the lack of coordination between the crew and the lack of visual reference for where the flight controls were, added to the situation. Not a Boeing vs Airbus thing, although I can't help but wonder if this was a Boeing, would the captain have known with certainty that the PF was trying to climb and this certainty not created a far more aggressive response by the captain.......

Sad situation