Aggressive forward stick would have been required. The pitch over needed to be aggressive to unload the wings and minimise speed loss. This was no time to look into the cockpit. Eyes on the target!. At the very least, a landing straight ahead, into the trees/scrub, could have been achieved at a modest ground speed.
The poor fellow might not have, during his type training, grasped the absolute importance of performing an aggressive pitch over, followed by a low speed accident into wind.
I vote in favour of Handley-Page auto slats. In addition to the noise, they provide the pilot with a wonderful visual depiction of stall development.