Maybe I should have been more verbose. The “mistake made” referred to the possible following of the FDs commanding level(ish) flight. Once that (sin) was done, maybe the illusion of climbing was created through the acceleration complicating an instantaneous pitch up recovery.
Secondly, the illusion may be present even with all that information in front of you. The information stops you succumbing to it.
Last edited by compressor stall; 2nd Jan 2022 at 11:07.