Originally Posted by
Chesty Morgan
Yes but reducing thrust on the 737 creates a large nose down moment (pitch/power couple) so as Vessbott stated they would have just hit the ground sooner.
My experience of this is unusual attitude recovery during manual reversing air tests. Reducing thrust, if you're already using everything you have to keep the nose up, WILL result in a further nose down moment and no reduction in speed. They'd have been better off sticking the speed brakes up.
And in fact Boeing DO publish this in the QRH.
In fact the forward and higher placement of the engines that required MCAS because of their aerodynamic lift at high AoA, has also significantly reduced the pitch/power couple as the engines are closer to the vertical midline. In any case the idea is not to get to the full thrust position in the first place. As stated up thread the aircraft might have been controllable in pitch at a reduced speed.