Fact is that even if your brain is short circuited by fear of death, that's exactly in those moments that pilots should be real pilots, I mean resource to INSTINCTS, BASIC INSTICTS.
A "pilot" who hears the tremendous noise of 500 knots (!) and doesn't even touch those tho things in the middle of the pedestal (also called trust levers) to pull them back.... well, should be doing another job (and I put it nicely)....