Perhaps the question is: Are today’s pilots actually qualified to fly airplanes where they can let automation do basic functions that they should have learned to do themselves. For example, practicing scenarios of ‘when the automation fails.’
Virtually none of the current crop can safely fly Needle, ball and airspeed, or get anywhere via D, R, & P.
Thats OK by them, as their electronic marvels have triple redundancy, just like this plane had.
All US airline pilots train for automation failures. The training involves reversions, layering down, and relayering automation. No one can get a job flying an airliner in the US without flying skills. Period.
This is a good question. They should know enough to put the nose down and add power when they hear the stall warning, but I'm not sure pilots can really override the computers.