I agree with you that the incident is clearly attributable to pilot error, maybe even incompetence. However when searching for details I came across this: https://flightsafety.org/asw-article/stop-stalling/

I am convinced that much of human error is due to bad user interface, especially in technical settings. I think it is an important lesson that both pilots failed to recognize (in a stressful situation):

1. the plane was in alternate law 2. either actions contradicted each others