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Cows getting bigger
I think there is another HF issue (already commented on some time back) in that it is utterly counter-intuitive to reduce thrust when the nose is pitching down. It is like leaning to right when you want to turn your bicycle to the left.
Reducing speed would have been also against what Boeing recommends in case of a severe AND mis-trim, which is increasing speed (not above VMO, though) in the hope of reducing elevator loads