Again, how do you know they were "doing" 300 knots. Airspeed versus groundspeed...
Sure- but lets say there IAS was only 250- It would still take a lot of load.
Who said anyone was pulling? There are plenty of examples...
How else do you increase AofA?
Can I respectfully ask then, what about "no airline pilot would put a three month old 737 in the water...
Not deliberately- and it would take a large, deliberate control input to fully stall at those this speed.