Does 21,000 hours of flight time qualify me to make a few observations?
You are sticking to assumptions that rule out foul play.
You are also a A-320 hater and can’t accept “Deliberate.”
Are you a member of a pilot union? Union pilots will not tolerate the use of the term, “Pilot Error.”
“fighting to gain control?” The aircraft was controlled by the autopilot and was descending, wings level, at a constant descent rate. There was no “Fighting to gain control.
Fighting to gain control might be a proper term if the airplane had encountered a high altitude upset and was inverted or in an unusual attitude.
Many of your comments are ignorant by themselves.
Did you even read what I wrote? Fighting to gain control from the fly by wire system, not unusual attitude recovery. I made no mention of unusual attitude recovery at all. Read the NTSB/FAA accident reports. There have been several accidents and dozens of incidents reported with the A320 fly by wire system. If the system were on autopilot and the flight sensors were reporting bogus altitude or attitude information, then yes, a sustained descent could be flown by the flight computer and my not easily be corrected, particularly by an inexperienced pilot. Pilots have also reported unwanted control input from the A320 flight computer even when the autopilot was off. I am not type rated in the A320, but I am typed in the 727,737, 757 and several light jets. I have flown with pilots typed in the Airbus and I have yet to find one who likes it. This scenario has presented itself numerous times since the A3xx series was certified. If you would take the time to read the NTSB and FAA accident reports you would know that. You aren’t even considering what I’ve said. You just want a punching bag. Have a nice day!