[Animats]

Basic rudimentary 'stick and rudder' flying skills was a big factor in AF447's crash. All old school pilots know that when you aircraft is in a nose high stall condition, you never keep pulling back on the stick, but instead push it forwards to lower the nose and get the wings flying again.

Except on an Airbus. If the plane is in "normal law", it won't go into a stall condition. Here's the Airbus training video.[1] Note, by the way, that the automatic recovery includes going to full throttle. The throttle levers don't move, though. Unlike Boeing, where the levers are moved by the computers and the pilot can overpower that. In the 737 Max, though, it's worse, because the engines are mounted too high and full thrust pushes the nose down. So "full power and back off on the stick" will not work.

[1] https://youtu.be/G161aMYCzbQ?t=100

[jamesharding]

The engines in the MAX are still producing thrust below the centre of mass of the plane...how would this produce a nose down pitch at TOGA thrust?

[Animats]

Sorry, backwards.