Recordo and solanoferry, you seem to be overlooking a vital point: the Flight Data Recorder records pilot inputs. The flying co-pilot was exerting back pressure on the stick. If he was trying to break the stall, he would push forward. We must learn from this that no amount of automation can ever replace flying basics, and we must not fixate on one instrument. (As was also shown with the Quantas A380 incident).
Remember Les Abend's story of the small steak sauce bottle that the goons confiscated? When I look at the chaos that we are subjected to on every flight, I agree with the above comment: the terrorists have won, and they must be laughing at us.
