Re pulling the stick all the way back: Yes, that sounds weird, but that&#x27;s what the manual says. [1], &quot;A330&#x2F;A340 FLIGHT CREW TRAINING MANUAL OPERATIONAL PHILOSOPHY -- FLIGHT CONTROLS&quot; p. 15.<p><i>&quot;High AOA protection is an aerodynamic protection: The PF will notice if the normal flight envelope is exceeded for any reason, because the autopitch trim  will stop, the aircraft will sink to maintain its current AOA (alpha  PROT, strong static stability), and a significant change in aircraft behavior will  occur.</i><p>If the PF then pulls the sidestick full aft, <i>a maximum AOA  (approximately corresponding to CL Max) is commanded. ...</i><p><i>If the angle-of-attack still increases and reaches ALPHA Floor  threshold, the A&#x2F;THR triggers TOGA thrust and engages (unless in some  cases of one engine-out).&quot;</i><p>What this says is that, in normal law, pulling the stick all the way back will give you the maximum pitch currently allowed, and if the pitch is higher than that, the engines go to full power automatically.  That&#x27;s a stall recovery.<p>But AF447 didn&#x27;t have good sensor data for airspeed. That disabled this automatic recovery capability.  (There are alarms and displays when this happens.) With the control system unable to assist the pilot, pulling the stick all the way back was totally wrong.  Also, the AF447 pilots thought they were in an overspeed condition, while in fact they were stalled.<p>(I&#x27;m not a pilot; I used to work for an aerospace company.)<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dream-air.ru&#x2F;new&#x2F;pilotam&#x2F;FCTM_ENV_LR-1-.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dream-air.ru&#x2F;new&#x2F;pilotam&#x2F;FCTM_ENV_LR-1-.pdf</a>