Originally Posted by JohnBurke

If you're under the impression that you know what you're talking about, read the actual report, previously linked. Your comments don't jive.

The crew did everything just wrong. It killed them.

They did what they should have done, by removing power to the stab trim motors, but then re-engaged them, and accelerated beyond the limits of the aircraft.

"Porpoising" wasn't a necessary action: stopping the stab trim was, and that procedure hasn't changed in donkey's years.

The crew simply failed to fly the airplane, and this demonstrates that the chances of a successful outcome are far less when passengers occupy the cockpit, rather than pilots.