Originally Posted by RockyBoy

It's not the cause of either crash and that is why Airbus doesn't have anything to fix. There are ways to control the aircraft even if the other guy is doing something different. It's been the same system for over 30 years now. It's even more safe than a Boeing because in a Boeing it becomes a fight of who is stronger. In an Airbus you can completely isolate the other side stick. What happens in Boeing if a guy croaks and slumps over on the controls or if he is a maniac and is stronger than the other guy?

Boeings have the advantage of letting the other guy see and feel what is going on. That would be nice and it does increase SA, but this Captain knew he needed more nose down pitch. He didn't need to feel and see that through the controls. He would have gotten what he wanted had he pushed the button on the side stick or had a partner that recognized a stall and recovered properly. I say that realizing Monday morninging this deal is easy. It would suck to actually have to recover from an unusual attitude and stall in the airplane.....but we are trained to do just that almost every CQ.